Flashback #Star50: The name that struck fear in many




Gripping news: The front page of ‘The Star’ on Feb 10, 1995, on the High Court passing a sentence that Mona be hanged and a focus piece on how Mona had captivated Malaysians (below).
Gripping news: The front page of ‘The Star’ on Feb 10, 1995, on the High Court passing a sentence that Mona be hanged and a focus piece on how Mona had captivated Malaysians (below).


EVEN to this day, two decades after she was hanged at the age of 45, Mona Fandey remains both a fascinating and frightening figure to Malaysians.

Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of her death.

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