[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

[Rick Halperin]

August 11




MALAYSIA:

SPAN wants stiffer jail terms, fines over death penalty for water 
polluters----SPAN chairman Charles Santiago says no death penalty has been 
imposed because no deaths have occurred as a result of water contamination.

The National Water Services Commission (SPAN) says the death sentence for those 
who purposely contaminate water sources is not practical and has proposed stiff 
jail sentences and fines for offenders instead.

The Water Services Industry Act (WSIA) 2006 provides for the death penalty to 
be imposed for pollution of rivers, streams and creeks, seas, lakes, 
groundwater, dams, reservoirs, ditches and drains, or imprisonment of up to 20 
years.

If death is not caused, whipping can be imposed.

SPAN chairman Charles Santiago acknowledged that the death penalty was not the 
solution, and proposed life imprisonment instead, given the debate in the 
country over whether the death penalty should be abolished.

(source: Free Malaysia Today)