Trial verdict delayed until death sentence Bill is gazetted

Taken away: Mohd Nur being escorted by a policeman at the Ipoh High Court after the verdict was postponed.

IPOH: The verdict in a murder case involving a chicken trader accused of killing a divorcee due yesterday was postponed by the High Court here until the Bill to abolish the mandatory death penalty is gazetted.

The postponement was sought by lawyer Datuk Naran Singh, who represented accused Mohd Nur Hussein Mohd Salleh, after two Bills to abolish the mandatory death penalty were passed in the Dewan Rakyat earlier this month.