Federal Court upholds death sentence of former cook for murdering student


A file picture of former cook Syarafi Abu being led away after being sentenced to death by the Taiping High Court in 2017. - Bernama

PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The Federal Court Wednesday (Nov 6) upheld the death sentence of a former cook for murdering a student by stabbing her in the front neck four years ago.

A five-member panel led by Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed said the court had carefully read the High Court and Court of Appeal judgments which found that it was Syarafi Abu that had caused the fatal injury on Nur Syuhada Johari.

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