PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has commuted the death sentences of two former factory workers to 34 years in prison, along with 12 strokes of the cane e...
: The Federal Court has commuted the death sentences of two former factory workers to 34 years in prison, along with 12 strokes of the cane each, for the murder of an acquaintance 13 years ago.
The five-member bench, led by Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Sebli, along with Federal Court judges, Datuk Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal, Datuk Nordin Hassan, Datuk Abu Bakar Jais and Datuk Hanipah Farikullah, allowed the duo’s review applications.The review applications were filed by the two men following the enactment of the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023 , which came into effect on July 4 last year.
Their appeals were subsequently dismissed by the Court of Appeal in 2017, and by the Federal Court in 2019.
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