Federal Court acquits trio of murdering man whose body yet to be found

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court on Thursday (Oct 26) acquitted and discharged three friends, one of them a woman, on a charge of murdering a man whose body has yet to be found.

A three-judge panel of the Federal Court, chaired by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat ordered the release of Mohd Zulhiami Md Darus, 37; Siti Nor Asiah Abdul Wahab, 32; and Muhammad Rahmat Nazarudin, 29; after allowing their appeal against a decision by the Shah Alam High Court on Oct 24, 2019, sentencing them to death for the murder.