Khairy Jamaluddin says the Health Ministry’s memorandum -- which proposes a moratorium on the prosecution and conviction of suicide attempts pending a repeal or amendment of Section 309 in Parliament -- will be tabled in Cabinet.
Police statistics show that females comprised 83.5% of 1,708 suicide cases reported 2019 to May 2021; more than half of the total deaths by suicide were victims aged 15-18.