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Whipping of convicts constitutional, Federal Court rules

Chief Justice Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh says it is ultimately for Parliament to decide on the moral efficacy or social ...
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Federal Court rules whipping for prisoners is constitutional

In delivering the majority decision, Justice Wan Ahmad said whipping did not fall within the ambit of a "cruel, oppressive, and degrading" punishment in the constitutional sense.