Duo accused of murder escape the noose after pleading guilty to alternate charge


IPOH: Two friends escaped the noose for murdering a man three years ago after they pleaded guilty to an alternative charge on Tuesday (May 9).

The accused, Muhammad Iman Divaharan Abdullah, 44, and GS Suria Sekaran, 27, pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of unintentionally causing the death of Ling Hua Chai, 47, and were sentenced to five years in jail.

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