101 East investigates why plans to abolish the death penalty in Malaysia are causing controversy.
In Malaysian jails, more than 1,200 prisoners are on death row.
For them, news that the government was planning to abolish the death penaltyprovided a much-needed glimmer of hope.
"Let him come back," says Siti Zebedah, whose son has been on death row for 16 years. He was found guilty of trafficking 858 grams of cannabis in 2007 and sentenced to death.
"Let him take me to the mosque. I want to hold him," his mother says.
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