Federal Court allows review applications of convicts

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has commuted the death sentence and natural life imprisonment of 11 prisoners convicted of drug trafficking, under the Revision of Sentence of Death and Imprisonment for Natural Life (Temporary Jurisdiction of the Federal Court) Act.

Seven of the death row inmates, including two Thai nationals, had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment of 30 years while another four had their natural life imprisonment sentences commuted to life imprisonment of 30 years.