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    <text>Murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa</text>
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    <text>The government of Malaysia announces that it will introduce a bill to decriminalize the possession and use of small quantities of illicit drugs after ending the mandatory imposition of a death sentence for drug trafficking earlier this year. </text>
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    <text>Malaysian law minister Wan Junaidi announces that mandatory capital punishment will be abolished in the country. </text>
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    <text>A court in Malaysia jails a teenager until the King's decision for starting a fire that killed 23 people in 2017. He was not eligible for the death penalty due to being a minor at the time of the arson, the court explained. </text>
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  <text>The Federal Court of Malaysia commutes the death sentence of Azilah Hadri, one of Altantuyaa's murderers, to 40 years imprisonment. </text>
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