Kuala Lampur, Nov. 24 -- Our Federal Court shall be reviewing the indefinite detention of several juvenile offenders under Section 97(2) of the Child Act 2001, potentially opening a way to rectify a mistake, or more accurately, a gap in the law created when the government abolished the mandatory death penalty in 2023.

Contrary to common belief, we do have alternative sentencing for juvenile offenders caught up in grievous crimes that carry the death penalty.

We do not sentence juveniles to death, as that in itself is illogical and immoral.

We operate on a system of semi-discretion where juvenile offenders who are retained with grievous crimes are kept detained until a recommendation is submitted to the King or governor for consideratio...