Three friends freed of 2016 murder charge


PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has 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 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.

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