KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 -- Just a year ago, Henry Wong, was staring down at a death sentence.

He was convicted for drug trafficking and at the time he did not see a way out from behind prison bars.

Today, Wong is an intern at Vanilla Impact Story (VIS) Sdn Bhd - a vanilla "halfway farm" that was created by co-founder Alfred Phua.

"Before my release, I was told that I could be sent to do farming.

"I wasn't sure what it was, but I wanted to try it, I want to change my life, start over," Wong told Malay Mail in an interview here.

On July 4, 2023, Malaysia's mandatory capital punishment was abolished.

This gave Wong and other death row inmates a chance to appeal for resentencing which included commuting their death sentence to prison term...