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China keeps data on its use of the death penalty secret, although rights group Amnesty International estimates the country is the top executioner globally.

Three-man Federal Court bench also upholds Koong Swee Kwan's 18-year jail sentence for the attempted murder of Hussain Ahmad Najadi's wife.

The six men belong to an al Qaeda-inspired domestic militant group which police say is behind the murders of more than a dozen secular activists and bloggers.

Cher Wei Hon was transporting drugs for a woman in order to pay off his debts to her.

He used Twitter to lure suicidal women to his home, where he murdered and dismembered them.

Appeals court quashes earlier death sentence based on miscarriage of justice.

Malaysia is one of 55 UN member countries that still use the death penalty.

Prosecution says Mohammad Awari Ahmad's act of slashing and raping the woman was witnessed by her 5-year-old son.

Judge says the defence failed to establish reasonable doubt at the end of the trial.

Some 90% of death row inmates are ethnic minorities, despite Singapore's clinical approach to creating racial balance.