The death penalty was formally abolished on 1 July 2017.[190] Myanmar 2016 (Wa state) [191] 2 n/a Death penalty for murder, terrorism, participating in a gang robbery if one of the robbers commits murder, abetting a successful mutiny, assault by a person under a life sentence which causing harm, assault with the intention to murder which causing only harm, perjury causing wrongful execution,[192] high treason[193] and drug trafficking.[194] Nauru *None since independence in 1968 2016 Death penalty abolished May 2016[195] Nepal 1979 1997 Abolished 1997 by Constitution. New Zealand 1957 2007 (Cook Is.) 1989 (N.Z.)