Ex-guard escapes gallows for murdering bank officer in 2013, gets 38 years


JOHOR BAHRU: The Federal Court on Monday (July 15) set aside the death sentence imposed on a former Indonesian security guard for the murder of AmBank Subang Jaya branch officer Norazita Abu Talib in 2013 and replaced it with a prison sentence of 38 years and 12 strokes of the cane.

A three-judge panel chaired by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat commuted the death sentence after allowing an application by La Ode Ardi Rasila, 47, for a review of his death sentence.

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