Sarawakian duo get death sentence for murdering Chinese worker


SINGAPORE: Two Sarawakian men who bashed to death a Chinese national while robbing him, were convicted of murder and sentenced to the mandatory death penalty.

Jabing Kho had struck Cao Ruyin, a construction worker, on the head with a tree branch with such force that his accomplice, Galing Kujat, saw their 40-year-old victim’s head crack open. An autopsy found that Cao suffered 14 fractures to his skull.

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