Sarawakian on death row in Singapore to know fate next week


PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian man who faces the gallows in Singapore will find out next Tuesday whether his sentence is commuted by the country’s Court of Appeal.

Kho Jabing, 31, (pic) who is from Ulu Baram, Sarawak faces the gallows for killing a Chinese construction worker with a tree branch back in 2008 during a robbery attempt.

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