Month March 2012

Public prosecutor can order wire taps

KUALA LUMPUR: A public prosecutor can give law enforcers the power to intercept a communications network if relevant information regarding an investigation or offence can be found there. Citing the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, Minister of Information, Communications and Culture Rais Yatim said that…

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Decentralise to drive growth

KUALA LUMPUR: The conditions that justified the surrendering of state powers to the federal government at the time of the country’s independence no longer apply, said Prof Woo Wing Thye, executive director of the Penang Institute. “States give up their powers only under unusual circumstances.…

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860 on death row for various offences

KUALA LUMPUR (March 26, 2012): As of February this year, an accumulated total of 860 people have been sentenced to death for various offences such as murder, drug trafficking, firearms and kidnapping. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said this based on statistics from the…

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860 Prisoners Sent To The Gallows

KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 (Bernama) — A total of 860 prisoners have been sentenced to death for murder, drug trafficking, firearms offences and kidnapping up to Feb 28, this year. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, however, told the Dewan Rakyat Monday that the sentences…

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