Amnesty calls for halt to execution of man on death row


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 23 May 2017

PETALING JAYA: Amnesty International Malaysia (AIM) has called on the Government to stop the imminent execution of a man who was sentenced to death for shooting at policemen during an armed robbery in 2002.

AIM executive director Shanimi Darshni Kaliemuthu said in a statement that the family of Yong Kar Mun, 48, received a letter on Monday asking them to visit him for the last time at 9am on Tuesday at the Sungai Buloh Prison.

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