World AIDS Day: From death sentence to hope
Once associated with fear and stigma, HIV is now a manageable condition thanks to medical advancements. This World AIDS Day, experts highlight the life-changing impact of U=U – a global movement showing that when HIV is undetectable, it is untransmissible, offering hope, dignity and a future to thousands. Living Free from Fear AT first glance, […]
Man escapes gallows as death sentence replaced with 35 years’ jail
KUCHING: A man escaped the gallows after the Federal Court on Tuesday (Nov 18) substituted his death sentence with 35 years’ imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane for shooting dead his elder brother nine years ago. A three-member panel led by Justice Datuk Azizah Nawawi unanimously set aside the death sentence previously imposed by […]
Diabetes not a death sentence — a personal journey of triumph
My diabetes is such a central part of my life… it did teach me discipline… it also taught me about moderation… I’ve trained myself to be super-vigilant… because I feel better when I am in control. — Sonia Sotomayor, American lawyer It feels surreal. Just last week, I was sharing tea with a dear friend […]
Appeals Court commutes Nigerian’s death sentence to 35 years’ jail for killing nurse
PUTRAJAYA: A Nigerian man escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal here today commuted the death sentence imposed on him for the murder of a chief nurse at Serdang Hospital to 35 years imprisonment. A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, comprising Justices Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim and […]
Man charged with murder of 6-year-old disabled girl
KUCHING: A 35-year-old man was charged in the Bau Magistrate’s Court on one count of killing a six-year-old disabled girl and disposing of the body in a bush at Kampung Keranji, Bau last November. No plea was taken from the accused, Then after a charge framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code was read […]
I’m not for abolition of mandatory death
Everyone deserves a second chance. If there are two options (of sentences), and if the offender is found to be a hardcore drug trafficker to the extent of causing hundreds of thousands of people to die (due to drugs), he can be sentenced to death and allowed to be sent to the gallows. – Prime […]
Patriots welcome abolition of mandatory death penalty
KUCHING: The Sarawak Patriot Association (SPA) has welcomed the federal government’s move to abolish the mandatory death sentence like what has been done in 108 other countries. Its chairman Datuk Dr John Lau Pang Heng said Malaysia is one of the countries in the world that still retains the mandatory death sentence. Minister in the […]
Jobless man escapes the gallows
KUCHING: An unemployed man missed the gallows for distributing 855.8 grams of syabu, when the Federal Court substituted the charge to possession of drugs. A three-judge Federal Court panel headed by Chief Justice of Malaya, Tan Seri Azahar Mohamed along with Chief Justices of Sabah and Sarawak, Tan Seri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim and Datuk […]
Death sentence stays, Bill Kayong’s murderer fails appeal
KUCHING: The Federal Court here today maintained the death sentence on a local man for murdering a PKR Miri secretary Bill Kayong on June 2016. The judges, Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan, Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat and Datuk Abdul Rahman Sebli rejected the appeal made by the accused Mohamad Fitri Pauzi, 35. In the ruling, Judge […]
Nigerian escapes gallows after being acquitted of drug trafficking charge
KUCHING: A former Nigerian student liaison officer escaped the gallows when the Federal Court reversed his conviction and death sentence for the offence of trafficking methamphetamine weighing 158.30g six years ago. A three-judge panel chaired by Datuk Seri Mohd Zawawi Salleh with Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan and Datuk Abdul Rahman Sebli unanimously found that the evidence […]