Federal Court dismisses appeal by youth convicted for tahfiz fire murders


PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by a 22-year-old man against his conviction and sentence for the murder of 23 people in an arson at a tahfiz centre, Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah, almost seven years ago.

In a unanimous decision, Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, who chaired a three-judge bench, said there the conviction was safe and there was no reason that warranted an intervention from the apex court.

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