**SMRJ**Enforcement of capital punishment: legal issues in eliminating drug trafficking / Nasreen Miza Hilmy Nasrijal and Ekmil Krisnawati Erlen Joni

**SMRJ**Enforcement of capital punishment: legal issues in eliminating drug trafficking / Nasreen Miza Hilmy Nasrijal and Ekmil Krisnawati Erlen Joni

Drug trafficking in Malaysia is punishable with a mandatory capital punishment. To convict a person for drug trafficking is a laborious task for the prosecution. This paper presents the findings of the research on drug trafficking cases which revealed that the courts have been vigorous in meting out...

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Main Authors: Miza Hilmy Nasrijal, Nasreen, Erlen Joni, Ekmil Krisnawati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit UiTM (UiTM Press) 2016
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17555/
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spelling uitm-175552019-05-27T01:49:39Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17555/ **SMRJ**Enforcement of capital punishment: legal issues in eliminating drug trafficking / Nasreen Miza Hilmy Nasrijal and Ekmil Krisnawati Erlen Joni Miza Hilmy Nasrijal, Nasreen Erlen Joni, Ekmil Krisnawati Drug trafficking in Malaysia is punishable with a mandatory capital punishment. To convict a person for drug trafficking is a laborious task for the prosecution. This paper presents the findings of the research on drug trafficking cases which revealed that the courts have been vigorous in meting out capital punishment. However, there are challenges faced by the prosecution in succeeding in cases. This study found various hindrances that frustrate the efforts in combating drug trafficking activities. In some cases, due to evidential procedures and requirements, the person accused for drug trafficking had to be acquitted even though the amount of drugs involved in the case appeared to suggest that there was some drug-related activities. Therefore, while capital punishment is theoretically aimed at deterring drug trafficking, much has to be done to achieve the intended objective. Penerbit UiTM (UiTM Press) 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17555/2/AJ_NASREEN%20MIZA%20HILMY%20NASRIJAL%20SMRJ%2016.pdf Miza Hilmy Nasrijal, Nasreen and Erlen Joni, Ekmil Krisnawati (2016) **SMRJ**Enforcement of capital punishment: legal issues in eliminating drug trafficking / Nasreen Miza Hilmy Nasrijal and Ekmil Krisnawati Erlen Joni. Social and Management Research Journal, 13 (2). pp. 48-59. ISSN 1675-7017
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description Drug trafficking in Malaysia is punishable with a mandatory capital punishment. To convict a person for drug trafficking is a laborious task for the prosecution. This paper presents the findings of the research on drug trafficking cases which revealed that the courts have been vigorous in meting out capital punishment. However, there are challenges faced by the prosecution in succeeding in cases. This study found various hindrances that frustrate the efforts in combating drug trafficking activities. In some cases, due to evidential procedures and requirements, the person accused for drug trafficking had to be acquitted even though the amount of drugs involved in the case appeared to suggest that there was some drug-related activities. Therefore, while capital punishment is theoretically aimed at deterring drug trafficking, much has to be done to achieve the intended objective.
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author Miza Hilmy Nasrijal, Nasreen
Erlen Joni, Ekmil Krisnawati
spellingShingle Miza Hilmy Nasrijal, Nasreen
Erlen Joni, Ekmil Krisnawati
**SMRJ**Enforcement of capital punishment: legal issues in eliminating drug trafficking / Nasreen Miza Hilmy Nasrijal and Ekmil Krisnawati Erlen Joni
author_facet Miza Hilmy Nasrijal, Nasreen
Erlen Joni, Ekmil Krisnawati
author_sort Miza Hilmy Nasrijal, Nasreen
title **SMRJ**Enforcement of capital punishment: legal issues in eliminating drug trafficking / Nasreen Miza Hilmy Nasrijal and Ekmil Krisnawati Erlen Joni
title_short **SMRJ**Enforcement of capital punishment: legal issues in eliminating drug trafficking / Nasreen Miza Hilmy Nasrijal and Ekmil Krisnawati Erlen Joni
title_full **SMRJ**Enforcement of capital punishment: legal issues in eliminating drug trafficking / Nasreen Miza Hilmy Nasrijal and Ekmil Krisnawati Erlen Joni
title_fullStr **SMRJ**Enforcement of capital punishment: legal issues in eliminating drug trafficking / Nasreen Miza Hilmy Nasrijal and Ekmil Krisnawati Erlen Joni
title_full_unstemmed **SMRJ**Enforcement of capital punishment: legal issues in eliminating drug trafficking / Nasreen Miza Hilmy Nasrijal and Ekmil Krisnawati Erlen Joni
title_sort **smrj**enforcement of capital punishment: legal issues in eliminating drug trafficking / nasreen miza hilmy nasrijal and ekmil krisnawati erlen joni
publisher Penerbit UiTM (UiTM Press)
publishDate 2016
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17555/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17555/2/AJ_NASREEN%20MIZA%20HILMY%20NASRIJAL%20SMRJ%2016.pdf
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