Five students face death penalty for killing navy cadet officer at university hostel

KUALA LUMPUR: Five Malaysian National Defence University students were charged in a magistrate’s court here with murdering a navy cadet officer from the university last month.

Muhammad Akmal Zuhairi Azmal, Muhammad Azamuddin Mad Sofi, Muhammad Najib Mohd Razi, Muhammad Afif Najmudin Azahat and Mohamad Shobirin Sabri were jointly charged with murdering Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain, 21, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the mandatory death penalty.