THE new drug law amendments to give judges discretion to sentence drug traffickers to life imprisonment do not adequately address the mandatory death penalty, says a PKR lawmaker.
Padang Serai MP N. Surendran, a lawyer by profession, said the amendment would give power of life or death to the attorney-general and breach separation of powers.
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