Canny Ong's murderer hanged


Ahmad Najib Aris (center). - Filepic

PETALING JAYA: Former aircraft cabin cleaning supervisor Ahmad Najib Aris was hanged Friday at the Kajang Prison following the rape and murder of information technology (IT) analyst Canny Ong in 2003.  

A spokesman from the Prisons Department confirmed that Ahmad Najib, 40, was executed at about 6am and was buried at the Sungai Kantan Muslim cemetery in Kajang near here. 

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