Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said there was no room for the government to commute the death sentence of Sirul Azhar Umar in a bid to secure a successful extradition.

This, he said, was because the highest court of the land had already made a decision on the sentence of Sirul, who had fled to Australia.

“If the government wishes to make an extradition request to a country that does not support the death sentence, the government can negotiate by considering punishments other than the death sentence."