Ambank founder's murderer sentenced to death


KUALA LUMPUR: A tow truck driver was sentenced to death by a High Court here Friday for murdering Arab-Malaysian Development Bank founder Hussain Ahmad Najadi last year.

High Court judge Justice Mohd Azman Husin also sentenced Koong Swee Kwan to 18 years' jail for attempting to murder the founder's wife Cheong Mei Kuen.

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