Human rights group raises issue after video of people crying after being sentenced to death was released
(Jakarta = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyemi Seong = A ‘single mother’ in her 50s, who has supported nine children in Malaysia, was sentenced to death on charges of drug possession, etc.
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According to Malaysia Kinney and others on the 21st, on the 15th, the Tawau High Court in Sabah Province sentenced the death of a woman, Hairun Zalmani, 55, to the death of a woman charged with possessing and trading drugs.
Hairun, a fish seller, was arrested on January 10, 2018 on charges of possessing 113.9g of Shabu, a type of methamphetamine drug, at a house in Tawau City.
Malaysia, whose state religion is Islam, imposes severe punishments on drug offenders, including the death penalty and life imprisonment.
In particular, if caught possessing more than 50g of prohibited substances, the death penalty is compulsory.
After Hairun was sentenced to death, a video of him crying as he moved out of the courtroom was filmed and circulated on social media, sparking sympathy, and human rights groups raised the issue.
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“Hairun’s life was at a disadvantage for her,” said Amnesty Malaysia, an international human rights group. “She is a single mother of nine children in the poorest state of Malaysia. show,” he pointed out.
The group raised the voice of the Malaysian government, saying, “Why is the Malaysian government trying to give up the right to life so easily?”
He also noted that as of February 2019, there were 1,200 death row inmates, 73% of whom were drug offenders.
568, or 44% of the death row inmates, are foreigners. In addition, if you look at the statistics of women on death row alone, 95% of them are drug offenders.
Amnesty Malaysia claims that these statistics support the use of the death penalty against people with no socioeconomic background.
The case in Hairun coincides with the case in which the court allowed the former prime minister, Najib Razak, 68, to visit Singapore in time for the birth of his grandson, who are being tried over a $4.5 billion (5.3 trillion won) corruption scandal. ‘guilty’ sparked controversy.
Human rights groups and others are arguing that the mandatory death sentence should be abolished for those who possess more than 50 grams of narcotics, but there are also strong opposing views that the punishment for drug offenders should not be eased.
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