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    Federal court upholds death sentence on Pakistani who beheaded doctor over religious insult

    The Federal Court here today upheld the death sentence of a Pakistani gardener who beheaded a prison doctor with a machete whom he claimed had insulted his religion.

    A five-member panel chaired by Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin dismissed Shafaqat Ali Ghulam Nabi’s final appeal against conviction and death sentence.

    Justice Zulkefli said the murder was brutal and disproportionate with the provocation, if any, by the deceased.

    Shafaqat, 33, was sentenced to death by the High Court for murdering Harjit Singh a/l Bachan Singh, 51, at his house in Kampung Sungai Padang Sertik, Bentong, Pahang at 8.30pm on Aug 23, 2011.

    He resorted to the Federal Court after failing in his appeal at the Court of Appeal.

    According to the facts of the case, the deceased was found in front of the house with his head severed from his body.

    Shafaqat who was working for the deceased on a plot of land where he grew frangipani trees, had used a two-foot long machete to chop off the deceased’s head.

    A friend of the Pakistani’s, Jamsheet Ali had testified that on the night of the incident, upon returning home from work, he saw Shafaqat and the deceased having a conversation outside the house.

    He gave evidence that he then joined both men for tea before being asked by Shafaqat to go inside the house.

    Jamsheet had testified that 15 minutes later, Shafaqat came to see him in the kitchen and told him that he had beheaded the deceased.

    He said Shafaqat told him that he killed the deceased because he could not accept the insult by the deceased whom he said had insulted the Kaabah.

    Shafaqat was represented by counsel Kitson Foong while deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin appeared for the prosecution.

    http://www.nst.com.my/node/97807

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    Former college student sentenced to death for killing lecturer

    SHAH ALAM: The High Court here today sentenced a former student of the Cybernetics International College of Technology to the gallows finding him guilty of murdering his lecturer, Zara Eleena Omar Peter, three years ago.

    Judge Datuk Abdul Halim Aman delivered the verdict and sentence against Muhammad Safwan Mohamed, 23, after finding that the defence had failed to raise any reasonable doubt in the prosecution's case. Abdul Halim, in his judgment, said that the evidence presented by the prosecution's witnesses was 'overwhelming', leading to the conviction of the accused for the murder of Zara Eleena.

    He said the evidence brought forward by the defence was not sufficient, and was more of a denial. "The accused denied he had the intention of causing death to Zara. He totally denied his involvement in the offence.

    "The testimony of the accused was in contrast to the testimonies of the prosecution's witnesses," said Abdul Halim. He added that any defence should be supported convincingly with authentic evidence, but in this case, no other witnesses were brought forward to support the accused. Muhammad Safwan, who wore a blue jersey and dark pants, looked calm on hearing the sentence and hugged his mother and family members immediately after the proceeding was over.

    The prosecution was handled by Deputy Public Prosecutor Rosidah Abu Bakar while the accused was represented by counsel Muhammad Fadhli Sutris and Shah Rizal Abdul Manan.

    A total of 32 prosecution witnesses and one defence witness testified during the trial. On Oct 30 2014, the High Court here had acquitted Muhammad Safwan without calling for his defence to the charge of murdering Zara Eleena and her father Omar Peter Abdullah after finding that the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against him.

    Three of his friends, Mohamad Zul Shahril Suhaimi, 23, Mohamad Sharafe Matt Noh, 22, and Azizi Aizat Ibrahim, 23, however, did not escape, and they were sentenced to death on the same charges.

    On July 30, the Court of Appeal upheld Muhammad Safwan's acquittal against the murder of Omar Peter, but ordered him to defend himself against the charge of murdering Zara, an English lecturer at the college.

    However, the appeals of Mohamad Zul Shahril, Mohamad Sharafe and Azizi Aizat were rejected, and the Court of Appeal upheld the death sentences against them for the murder of the father and daughter.

    Muhammad Safwan, Mohamad Zul Shahril, Mohamad Sharafe and Azizi Aizat were charged with murdering Zara, 23, a person with disability, between 1.30am and 2.30am on March 9, 2012.

    They were also accused of murdering the lecturer's father, Omar Peter, 56, a retiree of a finance company, between 11.30pm, March 8, 2012, and 1.30am the following day.

    They were accused of committing the murders at No. 28, Jalan TK 1/11, Taman Kinrara, Puchong and charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code which carries the mandatory death sentence.

    http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/09/f...lling-lecturer

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    Murderer's Execution Scheduled for Friday

    Gunasegar Pitchaymuthu’s mother was today advised by officials at Taiping Prison, northern Malaysia, to visit her son for the “last time” and make arrangements for his funeral. Gunasegar Pitchaymuthu was convicted of murder, an offence which attracts the mandatory death penalty in Malaysia.

    Amnesty International has consistently criticized Malaysia’s practice of “secretive” executions. Information on scheduled hangings is not made public before, or even after, they are carried out - contrary to international standards on the use of the death penalty.

    Instead, Gunasegar Pitchaymuthu’s mother Nagarani Sandasamy today received a letter from Taiping Prison officials informing her that he will be executed “soon” and advising her to visit him tomorrow morning. The family was also advised to discuss arrangements to claim the prisoner’s body for his funeral.

    Nagarani Sandasamy last visited her son a week ago, when neither were aware that the 34-year-old was scheduled to be hanged just a week later.

    Gunasegar Pitchaymuthu was sentenced to death for the fatal stabbing of a man in Sungai Petani, Kedah state, on 16 April 2005.

    No information is made publicly available on individual death penalty cases in Malaysia, while families are often informed at the last minute that their loved ones will be executed.

    Senior government officials recently said Malaysia was considering abolishing the mandatory death penalty, which is currently the punishment for crimes including murder and drug-related offences.

    https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...ged-on-friday/

    I removed a lot words from this article. All of it was pleading from Amnesty for the ending of capital punishment.
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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    Three Hung for Gang Murder

    PETALING JAYA: After two years on death row, a convict and his family learnt the dreaded news just a day before he was put to death this morning.

    Account executive P. Joty, 30, said the family rushed to see her brother Gunasegar on Thursday, after they received a letter which stated he would be executed "soon".

    The letter from the Taiping Prison Department gave no date for execution, though it advised them to make arrangements to claim the body for a funeral.

    A source from the Malaysian Bar confirmed seeing the letter, saying that it was dated earlier but apparently received only on Wednesday.

    When the 25 family members visited Gunasegar in Taiping prison, they were given the bombshell news that he would be hung at dawn on Friday.

    "Me and my mother visited him last week. They told us nothing," said Joty, sobbing when reached for a phone interview.

    One of nine siblings, she had delayed her wedding to stay close to her brother at the Pokok Sena prison, in Kedah, where death row inmates are kept before being transferred to Taiping for execution.

    She said the immediate family was given an hour to see him, while the rest had around 40 minutes per group of 10 people.

    When The Star asked to speak to Gunasegar's mother, Joty said she was still crying and too distraught to speak.

    Gunasegar was on death row for his role in the murder of B. Venukumar, then 24, during a gang fight on April 4, 2005.

    Joty said Gunasegar maintained his claim of innocence, telling her "only God knows what happened, but it's bye bye for me".

    In court documents sighted by The Star, Gunasegar was charged together with brothers J. Ramesh and J. Sasivarnam, with murdering Venukumar at a playground in Taman Ria Raya, Sungai Petani, Kedah.

    Though the trio claimed during the trial that they had been attacked by a gang, which included Venukumar and only defended themselves, the High Court found them guilty in 2011.

    The decision was later affirmed by the Court of Appeal in 2012 and Federal Court in 2014.

    Amnesty International Malaysia executive director Shamini Darshni criticised the Prisons Department's handling of the news, saying the last minute nature of the announcement was "heartless" to the family.

    Amnesty International stated its concern on Malaysia’s practice of “secretive” executions, saying transparency on the use of the death penalty was an essential safeguard in such cases, as it allowed for greater scrutiny and meaningful debate on the issue.

    Despite civil bodies Amnesty International and the Malaysian Bar call for the Government to halt the execution the Gunasegar, Ramesh and Sasivarnam, the trio were put to death at 6.30am this morning.

    In a statement on Thursday, Malaysian Bar president Steven Thiru said it was unfair and unjust to carry out the death sentence while the Government was mulling on abolishing the mandatory death penalty.

    http://www.thestar.com.my/news/natio...-of-execution/
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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    Malaysia: Canny Ong’s Rapist-Murderer Hanged After 16 Month Trial

    Former aircraft cabin cleaning supervisor Ahmad Najib Aris was hanged on Friday at the Kajang Prison after the High Court sentenced him to death for the rape and murder of IT analyst Canny Ong in 2003.

    On Feb 23, 2005, the Shah Alam High Court sentenced Ahmad Najib to death for raping and murdering Ong, then 29, at KM11 of Jalan Klang Lama between 1am and 5am on June 14, 2003. Ong’s charred remains were found in a manhole near a highway construction site.

    In March 2009, the Federal Court had an unanimous decision to uphold his death sentence for the crimes committed by Ahmad Najib, 40.

    A spokesman from the Prisons Department confirmed that Ahmad Najib, was executed at about 6 am and was buried at the Sungai Kantan Muslim cemetery in Kajang near here.

    Prison officials had commented in favour of Ahmad Najib’s character during his time in jail, said his led counsel Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla.

    https://thecoverage.my/news/malaysia...6-month-trial/
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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    Police seize 3.2kg of heroin hidden in lorry, driver faces death penalty

    ALOR STAR: Kedah police seized 3.2kg of heroin worth RM75,000 in a raid at a lorry driver's house in Kuala Ketil, Baling early today. State police chief Datuk Asri Yusoff said the drugs were stuffed behind the lorry's seat, parked outside the driver's home in Kampung Baru Thye Seng. "The raiding team found two plastic bags stuffed behind the seat. Upon opening them, they discovered seven packets of heroin wrapped in transparent plastic," Asri told a press conference at the state police contingent’s headquarters here this morning. Following the seizure, he said police arrested the 30-year-old man to facilitate investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act for trafficking, which carries a mandatory death penalty upon conviction. Asri added that initial investigations showed that the heroin originated from Penang and was meant to be distributed in Kedah. Police obtained a week-long remand order against the suspect beginning today.

    http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/11/1...-death-penalty

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    Two get death penalty for robbery, murder of security guard

    TAIPING — The High Court today imposed the death sentence on two men after finding them guilty of robbing RM1.2 million cash and causing the death of a security guard four years ago.

    Judicial Commissioner Mohamed Zaini Mazlan handed down the sentence on Mohd Hafizuddin Zainal Abidin, 29, and Cheah Cheong Tatt, 27, for having committed the offence in front of the Giant hypermarket in Jalan Tekkah, Aulong, between 2pm and 3.25pm on Sept 18, 2012.

    The two men were seen to be calm when the sentence was delivered.

    Mohd Hafizuddin, who was a security guard with Safeguards G4S Sdn Bhd when the crime was committed, had robbed RM1.2 million belonging to his employer and fired shots that killed his colleague Hasnul Hafis Saad, 28.

    The incident happened when Mohd Hafizuddin and Hasnul Hafis were on their way back after having collected the money from cash deposit machines at several banks in this town.

    Cheah was an accomplice to Mohd Hafizuddin and knew that the latter had a firearm and had fired shots at Hasnul Hafis.

    Hasnul Hafis was found dead in the driver's seat of the security vehicle with shots in the abdomen, chest, right shoulder and left thigh.

    DPP Mohd Azrul Faidz Abd Razak prosecuted while Mohd Hafizuddin and Cheah were represented by counsel Ang Chun Pun.

    http://www.themalaymailonline.com/ma....6DMGesnn.dpuf

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    Double Execution of Brothers Scheduled for Tomorrow

    PETALING JAYA: Brothers Rames Batumalai, 44, and Suthar, 39, have less than 12 hours before they face the noose after being found guilty of murder.

    Amnesty learned that Rames and Suthar were to be executed at Kajang Prison tomorrow morning.

    “The family is distraught and is appealing to the Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negri Sembilan to spare their lives,” she said.

    The family was only informed yesterday that they should visit the brothers for the last time today ahead of their execution “soon”.

    The brothers were sentenced to death after they were found guilty of a murder committed on Feb 4, 2006.

    During the trial, the brothers claimed they had intervened to stop two other men from attacking and killing the deceased. Their claims were disregarded by the High Court.

    http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/cat...urges-amnesty/
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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    Brothers on death row hanged at Kajang Prison

    PETALING JAYA: Brothers Rames and Suthar Batumalai, who were convicted of murder in 2010, were hanged to death at Kajang Prison yesterday morning.

    Amnesty International Malaysia (AIM) condemned the execution, saying that the brothers’ new application for clemency had yet to be heard.

    “With the clemency appeal still pending, the brothers were denied their opportunity to have their case reconsidered and their clemency application heard,” said AIM executive director Shamini Darshni Kaliemuthu.

    Rames, 45, and Suthar, 40, were scheduled to be executed on Feb 24, but received a last-minute reprieve after their lawyers sent in a clemency application to the Negri Sembilan Pardons Board a day earlier.

    Rames and Suthar were sentenced to death in April 2010 after they were found guilty of killing Krishnan Raman on Feb 4, 2006.

    The clemency application submitted by their lawyers, Haresh Mahadevan and Co, included a statutory declaration from Krishnan’s widow appealing to the Pardons Board for the brothers not to be executed and instead be allowed to serve life sentences.

    “I feel it’s rather disrespectful to the State Ruler when they go ahead with the execution when there is no decision on the fresh clemency petition,” Mahadevan said.

    The brothers, who were from Port Dickson, had always maintained their innocence.

    The Prisons Department did not respond to queries about the execution

    http://www.thestar.com.my/news/natio...kajang-prison/
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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    Man sentenced to death for killing ex-fiancee

    MUAR: A former tyre shop assistant was sentenced to death by the High Court here today for murdering his ex-fiancee when the woman wanted to marry another man.

    Judicial Commissioner Muhammad Jamil Hussin handed down the sentence on Muhammad Irshaduddin Khalis Nasurudin, 25, after finding that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubts against the prosecution’s case.

    Khalis was charged with stabbing to death supermarket clerk Nursyafikah Ahmad Ismail, 22, at a motorcycle parking area at the Econsave Supermarket, Jalan Mersing, Kluang, near here, at 5.45pm on April 10, 2015.

    The charge, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, provides the death sentence upon conviction.

    In the judgment, Jamil said the court was satisfied with the psychiatric report from Permai Hospital that found the accused to be mentally stable and fit to stand trial.

    Jamil said Khalis had admitted to stabbing the victim and there was no doubt that the action had caused injury to the woman.

    It had also been proven that the accused indeed had the intention to kill the woman, he added.

    He said based on the testimony of witnesses and facts of the case, the court found the accused guilty of the charge.

    A total of 27 prosecution witnesses and three defence witnesses testified during the trial.

    Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Shukri Hussain prosecuted, while Khalis was represented by counsel Nur Afiqah Hambali.

    Earlier, when the court broke for recess, Khalis, from the dock apologised to Nursyafikah’s mother and other family members who were in the court.

    http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/cat...ng-ex-fiancee/
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