KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 19 -- A total of 106 prisoners were granted full pardons last year from 2006, while 44 others had their sentences reduced.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said disclosed that the pardons and sentence reductions were granted following petitions submitted under various regulations, including the Federal Constitution.
"In total, 230 applications were submitted under the Four-Yearly Sentence Review (KHETS), 73 petitions under Regulation 113 of the Prisons Regulations 2000, 38 petitions under Regulation 114, and one application under Article 42 of the Federal Constitution," she said in a written parliamentary reply.
She added that decisions on such petitio...