PUTRAJAYA, May 20 — A former sugar cane seller escaped the gallows when the Federal Court commuted the death sentence to 40 years jail for the murder of Indonesian maid Muntik Bani, 15 years ago. The three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat unanimously handed the sentence to A. Murugan, 50, … Read more
BATU PAHAT, May 6 — The Magistrate’s Court today scheduled May 20 for the re-mention of the case involving a man accused of murdering his friend, Mila Sharmilah Samsusah, also known as Bella, for the purpose of transferring it to the High Court. Magistrate Suhaila Shafi’uddin set the date after deputy public prosecutor Farah Wahidah … Read more
PUTRAJAYA, April 24 — A jobless man escaped the gallows after the Federal Court commuted the death sentence imposed on him to a 30-year jail sentence for killing a man nine years ago. The three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim and … Read more
PUTRAJAYA, April 17 — The Court of Appeal has set three days from May 14 to hear the prosecution’s appeal against a High Court’s decision to sentence six former Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) students initially charged with murdering cadet officer Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain to 18 years in prison for culpable homicide not amounting to … Read more
LAHAD DATU, March 23 — Police investigation found that a misunderstanding between students of Lahad Datu Vocational College here that led to the death of Mohammad Nazmie Aizzat Mohd Narul Azwan, 17, yesterday (March 22) was a dispute over missing money. Lahad Datu district police chief ACP Dr Rohan Shah Ahmad said two vocational students … Read more
LUMUT, March 8 — Two cousins were charged at the Seri Manjung Magistrates’ Court here today with the murder of a Manjung Municipal Council employee, last month. M. Saravanan, 43, a car washer, and his unemployed cousin, M. Thamilselvan, 48, nodded in understanding after the charges against them were read out by an interpreter, before … Read more
PUTRAJAYA, March 5 — A former female clerk and her two friends escaped the gallows when the Court of Appeal today commuted the death sentence to 35 years in jail for abduction and murder of a managing director of a company, whose body was dumped over the Penang Second Bridge, nine years ago. This was … Read more
PETALING JAYA, Feb 9 — The RM20,000 reward offered by the Selangor chapter of the Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) for information leading to the arrest of Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin’s murderer will not hinder police investigations. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the reward was an initiative by the non-governmental organisation to … Read more
IPOH, Feb 7 — The Magistrate’s Court here has set March 21 for mention of the case involving a senior police officer charged with the murder of a secondary school boy in December last year. Magistrate S. Punitha made this decision following the request from the prosecution, led by Deputy Public Prosecutor Afzainizam Abdul Aziz, … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 — An Indonesian man in his 20s was fatally shot after aggressively attacking policemen with a machete in an apartment in Bukit Subang, Selangor, this evening. Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the man was a suspect in the murder of a 19-year-old Indonesian woman who was found dead … Read more
