KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia needs to look into its capital punishment laws, before making an application to extradite, Sirul Azhar Umar who is being detained in Australia.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said this to reporters at the parliament lobby, here, today.
She said the government has not "specifically discussed about Sirul's case at this moment".
Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop who is on a working visit here, said today that there has been no application for extradition of convicted killer and former policeman Sirul Azhar from Malaysia.
Bishop reiterated that before Australia received any application from the Malaysian government, it was inappropriate for her to speculate.
Bishop further said further discussion needed to be held on Malaysia's intention to consider the abolishment of the death penalty.
"This is a position that Australia has held for some time... we oppose the death penalty both at home and abroad, in fact we advocate strongly for the abolishment of the death penalty.
"We are on the United Nations' human rights council now and the abolishment of death penalty is one of the pillars of their advocacy.
"Sirul is currently being held at the Australia Immigration Detention. As the Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said recently, Malaysia has not made any extradition application.
"It would be inappropriate for me to speculate until such time as Malaysia makes an application for extradition under existing treaty between the two countries," she said during a press conference after paying Wan Azizah a courtesy visit at the Parliament building this morning.