Crime: Amnesty International Says 119 Nigerians On Death Row In Malaysia - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 14, 2019
The Amnesty International hasidentified over one hundred Nigerians among a total of 1,281 persons sentencedto death in Malaysia.
The Group gave the figure in itsreport titled, “Fatally flawed: Why Malaysia must abolish the death penalty.”
It said the 1,281 death row inmateswere being kept in twenty six detention facilities across Malaysia. InMalaysia, about 33 offences are punished with a death sentence.
The Amnesty report said the 119Nigerians were convicted of hard drug-related offences. “As of 22 February2019, 1,281 people were under sentence of death in Malaysia, held in 26detention facilities across the country.
About 568 of all those undersentence of death were foreign nationals, from forty three countries.