Talk on restorative justice, death penalty
KOTA KINABALU: The Council for Restorative Justice Sabah (CRJS) is organising a two-day talk cum forum on “Restorative Justice - an Alternative to Imprisonment” and “Capital Punishment or Death penalty – is there a middle ground?” on March 7 and 8 at Grandis Hotel here.
CRJS Vice President I and organising chairperson Datuk Katherine Lee said the talk was planned after much discussions over the years with the Judiciary, Law Minister, Attorney-Generals, prison authorities etc whereby they felt it is appropriate now to proceed with this talk cum forum.
The talk will be delivered by three international renowned speakers – Dr William Wan, Dr Manuel G Co and Dr Ramy Bulan. Co-chairing with Katherine is Datuk John Sikayun who is the Deputy President of CRJS.
The talk will be officiated by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Bin Hj Apdal. Among the invited guests are the Home Minster, the Minister of Laws and Native Affairs, the Minister of Education and Innovation, the Chief Justice of Malaysia, the Chief Justice of Sabah and Sarawak, the State Attorneys, State Prosecutors, prisons directors, Commissioner of Police, Directors of Drugs Rehabilitation, legal practitioners and NGOs.
The council strongly encourages the relevant groups and public not to miss this important talk cum forum. They may contact crjs.sabah@gmail.com for registration forms.