PUTRAJAYA: A former poultry trader has been sentenced to death by the Court of Appeal here for murdering a single mother who rejected his marriage proposal. A three-member bench, comprising Justices Datuk Azmi Ariffin, Datuk Noorin Badaruddin and Datuk Meor Hashimi Abdul Hamid, allowed the prosecution’s cross-appeal on Tuesday (Nov 4) to impose the death penalty...
IPOH: A farm worker has been sentenced to death by the High Court here for the murder of a Bangladeshi national, whose body was found dumped in a river in Kampung Gajah seven years ago. Mohamad Amier Amzar Mohd Aspar, 28, was convicted of murdering Md Ovaidul, 32, who worked at a cattle farm owned by...
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has set aside a senior citizen's conviction and death sentence for the murder of his disabled stepsister-in-law six years ago, acquitting and discharging him. A three-member panel comprising Justices Datuk Hashim Hamzah, Datuk Mohamed Zaini Mazlan and Datuk Noorin Badaruddin, unanimously allowed Muhammad Johari Ng Abdullah’s appeal against the High Court’s decision...
ALOR SETAR: The mandatory death penalty imposed on a Pakistani man after he was found guilty of murdering a doctor 13 years ago has been commuted to 36 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane by the Federal Court here. A unanimous decision by a three-judge panel led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun...
SEREMBAN: A 41-year-old man has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing his nine-year-old daughter. The High Court here on Tuesday (Aug 22) found ex-soldier Mohammad Abdullah Mohamed guilty of the offence committed five years ago. Judge Datin Rohani Ismail meted out the sentence on after his defence failed to raise reasonable doubt against the prosecution's...
SIBU: Two men have been sentenced to the gallows by the High Court here on Monday (July 31) for robbing and murdering a senior citizen for money to buy drugs. Jeeji Ting Kim Leong, 32, and Syahadan Othman Sabang, 29, were convicted under Section 302 of the Penal Code read together with section 34 of the...
SHAH ALAM: A retired soldier known as "Dr Ganja" escaped the gallows after the High Court amended the 16 charges against him for trafficking 77.48493kg and 14.647 litres of drugs to possession. Captain (R) Amiruddin @ Nadarajan Abdullah, 64, also faced 18 counts of cultivating marijuana plants, four counts of possessing marijuana and one for ingesting...
