Revisiting the law regarding sentences of kidnapping in Malaysia: an analysis / Nurul Farhana Adnan, Afaf Abdul Rahman and Siti Ridha Fateha Razali

In Malaysia, the crime of kidnapping is getting out of hand. Due to the rising number of kidnapping cases in this country, we are intrigued to further analyze whether the punishments meted out to the kidnappers are adequate to reduce the rate of kidnapping cases in Malaysia. This paper attempts to e...

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Main Authors: Adnan, Nurul Farhana, Abdul Rahman, Afaf, Razali, Siti Ridha Fateha
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Law 2014
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spelling uitm-282622020-02-12T03:00:47Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28262/ Revisiting the law regarding sentences of kidnapping in Malaysia: an analysis / Nurul Farhana Adnan, Afaf Abdul Rahman and Siti Ridha Fateha Razali Adnan, Nurul Farhana Abdul Rahman, Afaf Razali, Siti Ridha Fateha Criminology Trials In Malaysia, the crime of kidnapping is getting out of hand. Due to the rising number of kidnapping cases in this country, we are intrigued to further analyze whether the punishments meted out to the kidnappers are adequate to reduce the rate of kidnapping cases in Malaysia. This paper attempts to examine how Malaysia operates the law of kidnapping by observing the punishment given to the kidnappers upon conviction. The analysis of this paper will predominantly consist of two parts. The first part will identify the laws applied in Malaysia in order to punish the kidnappers and secondly, whether the increase amount of punishment for kidnapping crime, specifically under Section 363 of the Penal Code, will reduce the kidnapping rate in Malaysia. Faculty of Law 2014-06 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28262/1/28262.pdf Adnan, Nurul Farhana and Abdul Rahman, Afaf and Razali, Siti Ridha Fateha (2014) Revisiting the law regarding sentences of kidnapping in Malaysia: an analysis / Nurul Farhana Adnan, Afaf Abdul Rahman and Siti Ridha Fateha Razali. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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Adnan, Nurul Farhana
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Razali, Siti Ridha Fateha
Revisiting the law regarding sentences of kidnapping in Malaysia: an analysis / Nurul Farhana Adnan, Afaf Abdul Rahman and Siti Ridha Fateha Razali
description In Malaysia, the crime of kidnapping is getting out of hand. Due to the rising number of kidnapping cases in this country, we are intrigued to further analyze whether the punishments meted out to the kidnappers are adequate to reduce the rate of kidnapping cases in Malaysia. This paper attempts to examine how Malaysia operates the law of kidnapping by observing the punishment given to the kidnappers upon conviction. The analysis of this paper will predominantly consist of two parts. The first part will identify the laws applied in Malaysia in order to punish the kidnappers and secondly, whether the increase amount of punishment for kidnapping crime, specifically under Section 363 of the Penal Code, will reduce the kidnapping rate in Malaysia.
format Student Project
author Adnan, Nurul Farhana
Abdul Rahman, Afaf
Razali, Siti Ridha Fateha
author_facet Adnan, Nurul Farhana
Abdul Rahman, Afaf
Razali, Siti Ridha Fateha
author_sort Adnan, Nurul Farhana
title Revisiting the law regarding sentences of kidnapping in Malaysia: an analysis / Nurul Farhana Adnan, Afaf Abdul Rahman and Siti Ridha Fateha Razali
title_short Revisiting the law regarding sentences of kidnapping in Malaysia: an analysis / Nurul Farhana Adnan, Afaf Abdul Rahman and Siti Ridha Fateha Razali
title_full Revisiting the law regarding sentences of kidnapping in Malaysia: an analysis / Nurul Farhana Adnan, Afaf Abdul Rahman and Siti Ridha Fateha Razali
title_fullStr Revisiting the law regarding sentences of kidnapping in Malaysia: an analysis / Nurul Farhana Adnan, Afaf Abdul Rahman and Siti Ridha Fateha Razali
title_full_unstemmed Revisiting the law regarding sentences of kidnapping in Malaysia: an analysis / Nurul Farhana Adnan, Afaf Abdul Rahman and Siti Ridha Fateha Razali
title_sort revisiting the law regarding sentences of kidnapping in malaysia: an analysis / nurul farhana adnan, afaf abdul rahman and siti ridha fateha razali
publisher Faculty of Law
publishDate 2014
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28262/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28262/1/28262.pdf
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