Malaysian escapes gallows after Singapore's Court of Appeal reverses death sentence


PETALING JAYA: Singapore’s Court of Appeal has set aside a previous death sentence it meted out to Gobi Avedian, a Malaysian who was convicted of drug trafficking.

Lawyer M. Ravi said that Singapore’s top court reviewed its previous decision of sentencing Gobi to death on the account of a miscarriage of justice.

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