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358 judicial hangings from 1980 to September 2004

 


Media Statement
by Lim Kit Siang

(Parliament, Thursday): In the 24 years from 1980 till September  2004, a total of 358 judicial hangings had been carried out in Malaysia. 

This is the written answer by the Minister for Internal Security, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to a parliamentary question which I submitted in the  budget meeting of the Dewan Rakyat last year and which has just been sent to me. 

However, the Prison Department has only  detailed statistical breakdown for 234 judicial hangings which I had asked for, viz: out of 184 Malaysian citizens, 48 were Malays, 102 Chinese, 15 Indians and 19 others, comprising 129 under the Dangerous Drugs Act, 37 under the Penal Code, 11 under the Internal Security Act and 7 under the Firearms Act; while out of 50 foreign nationalities, there were seven from Thailand, eight from Hong Kong, 23 from the Philippines, four  from Singapore, one from Pakistan, three from Nigeria, two from Indonesia, one from Australia and one from Britain, comprising 46 under the Dangerous Drugs Act, three under the Penal Code and one under the Internal Security Act. 

Out of the 234 “judicial hangings”, 229 were men and five women, with their age breakdown as follows: 

21-25                              7

26-30                            44

31-35                            50

36-40                            51

41-45                            27

46-50                            22

51-55                            10

56-60                              6

60 above                        4

uncertain                       13

TOTAL        234

 

The period before the judicial hanging was carried out after all appeals have been exhausted, including by the Pardons Board, varies from less than one year to more than four years, viz: 

Less than one year               44

1 -  2 yr                            105

2 -  3 yr                             39

3 – 4  yr                             32

More than 4 yr                    14 

Total                                234

The statistical breakdown given by the Minister is as follows:
 

STATISTIK BANDUAN YANG TELAH DILAKSANAKAN HUKUMAN MATI SEMENJAK TAHUN 1980 HINGGA 2000 (SEPTEMBER) MENGIKUT KESALAHAN KAUM / WARGANEGARA.

WARGANEGARA / KAUM

KESALAHAN

JUMLAH

39 B ADB

302 KK

57(1)(A) ISA

3 AKTA SENJATA

MALAYSIA

Melayu

Cina

India

Lain-lain

 

34

83

11

1

 

11

6

3

17

 

1

9

1

-

 

2

4

-

1

 

48

102

15

19

JUMLAH

129

37

11

7

184

WARGA ASING

Thailand

Hong Kong

Filipina

Singapura

Pakistan

Nigeria

Indonesia

Australia

British

 

6

8

21

4

1

3

1

1

1

 

-

-

2

-

-

-

1

-

-

 

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

7

8

23

4

1

3

2

1

1

JUMLAH

46

3

1

-

50

JUMLAH KESELURUHAN

175

40

12

7

234

 

 STATISTIK BANDUAN YANG TELAH DILAKSANAKAN HUKUMAN MATI SEMENJAK TAHUN 1980 HINGGA 2004 (SEPTEMBER) MENGIKUT KESALAHAN 

TAHUN

KESALAHAN

JUMLAH

39 B ADB

302 KK

57(1)(A) ISA

3 AKTA SENJATA

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

-

-

9

-

1

-

9

14

12

16

26

13

28

19

10

2

3

5

-

-

2

1

2

3

-

1

-

-

3

-

4

-

-

7

4

3

1

1

6

-

2

-

1

-

-

-

5

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

-

4

-

1

2

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

12

3

3

5

10

14

23

20

31

16

30

26

10

5

3

6

1

-

2

6

4

3

-

JUMLAH

175

40

12

7

234

 

(3/2/2005)


* Lim Kit Siang, Parliamentary Opposition Leader, MP for Ipoh Timur & DAP Central Policy and Strategic Planning Commission Chairman