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)
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