PUTRAJAYA: A former sugar cane seller escaped the gallows when the Federal Court commuted the death sentence to 40 years in jail for murdering Indonesian maid Muntik Bani 15 years ago.
The three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat unanimously allowed the appeal by A. Murugan, 50, and ordered the sentence to start from Oct 21, 2009.
