Ending caning among ‘quick-win’ criminal law reforms proposed, says Azalina KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 12): The Criminal Law Reform Committee (CLRC) has identified several ‘quick-win’ reforms that can be implemented in the short term to deliver immediate benefits to the public. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said these include abolishing caning as a punishment, giving judges greater discretion in sentencing and improving the remand process. “Other measures involve expanding community service orders for minor offences as an alternative to imprisonment, strengthening the e-Plea of Guilt (e-PG) system, enhancing pre-trial document disclosure procedures and introducing fixed timelines for bail decisions.
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