Those convicted of fatal child abuse could now face the death penalty. 

The National Assembly on Friday held a plenary session and passed a revision to the law on special cases concerning the punishment of child abuse crimes. 

The revision stipulates those who kill a child as a result of their abuse will face capital punishment, life-long imprisonment or prison terms of seven years or longer. 

Under the previous law, perpetrators in deadly child abuse cases were punishable by up to life-long imprisonment or at least five years in prison. 

The toughening of the punishment comes amid heightened public uproar over a series of child abuse cases at the hands of biological or adoptive parents that resulted in deaths.