Former van driver gets life sentence for trafficking cannabis
MELAKA, Dec 10 — A former factory van driver was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Melaka High Court today after being found guilty of...
Siblings spared gallows, sentenced to 33 years in prison for murder of blind spouse
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 14 — A woman and her younger brother escaped the death penalty after the Court of Appeal commuted the death sentence imposed on...
Ex-security guard’s death penalty commuted for killing senior civil servant
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 7 — The Federal Court has commuted the death sentence of a former security guard to 38 years in jail for the murder...
Former China soccer head gets life in jail after sweeping graft crackdown
BEIJING, March 26 — China’s national soccer association former chief Chen Xuyuan has been sentenced to life in prison for accepting bribes, state media reported...
Duo get life imprisonment for drug trafficking
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — Two friends were sentenced to life imprisonment by the High Court here today after finding them guilty of trafficking drugs into...
Septuagenarian among nine whose death sentences commuted to 30 years’ jail
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 6 — A 76-year-old former security guard was among nine individuals whose death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment of 30 years by...
Couple’s death sentence commuted to 30 years jail for drug trafficking
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 22 — A former mechanic and a former cosmetician, found guilty on two counts of trafficking drugs, escaped the gallows today after the...
Apex court commutes death sentence for 11 convicted drug traffickers
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 14 — The Federal Court today commuted the death sentence and natural life imprisonment of eleven individuals, who were convicted of drug trafficking under...
Tiler gets life sentence, 12 strokes for trafficking cannabis
JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 26 — The High Court sentenced a tiler to life imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane today after he pleaded guilty...
Law on revision of death penalty, life imprisonment comes into force tomorrow
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 11 — A total of 1,020 prisoners who have been sentenced to mandatory death and life imprisonment can now file an application in...
Appeal court upholds life sentence on man for kidnapping three Bangladeshis for ransom
PUTRAJAYA, July 13 — The Court of Appeal has upheld the life imprisonment sentence imposed on an unemployed man for kidnapping three Bangladeshis for ransom...
Chief cook’s life imprisonment set aside, jailed 15 years for drug trafficking
PUTRAJAYA, March 29 — A 34-year-old chief cook today succeeded in his appeal to overturn his life imprisonment on two charges of drug trafficking imposed...