Former MACC advisory panel member Robert Phang (above, fourth from left) has planned a series of discussions around Peninsula Malaysia to engage the public on the Pakatan Harapan government’s move to abolish the death penalty.

Beginning in Kuala Lumpur today, he and his team will head to Johor Bahru and Penang in the next month.

Following which, they will submit a petition to Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad calling for the death penalty to be maintained.

Phang said the government, especially de facto Law Minister Liew Vui Keong, had failed to thoroughly seek public opinion before arriving at a cabinet decision to remove the death penalty for 32 offences and replace them with a minimum 30 years imprisonment...