Federal court rejects review bid, upholds death sentence of Dirang's killer


PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court here upheld the death sentence of a former contract labourer, Muidin Maidin, who killed four-year-old Nurul Nadirah Abdullah, also known as Dirang, 12 years ago.

A three-judge panel led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, in upholding the death sentence, dismissed Muidin’s review application to commute the death penalty to life imprisonment under the Revision of Sentence of Death and Imprisonment for Natural Life (Temporary Jurisdiction of the Federal Court) Act 2023 on Tuesday (July 9).

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