PUTRAJAYA: A former lorry driver escaped the gallows when the Federal Court here commuted his death sentence to 33 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for killing a fellow villager by running him over with a car, nine years ago.
Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah, who presided with Federal Court Judges Datuk Zabariah Mohd Yusof and Datuk Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal, meted out the sentence on Azami Mohamed, 49.
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