PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court here on Wednesday (May 29) upheld the death sentence of a former businessman for the murder of a female marketing executive 18 years ago.
A three-member panel comprising Justices Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal, Nordin Hassan, and Abu Bakar Jais dismissed Shahril Jaafar’s review application to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment under the Revision of Sentence of Death and Imprisonment for Natural Life (Temporary Jurisdiction of the Federal Court) Act 2023.
