Tears, vindication and relief for cadet’s parents

Some solace: Zulkarnain and Hawa (in black) reacting with their family after the verdict outside the court at the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

PUTRAJAYA: The parents of National Defence University of Malaysia (UPNM) Navy cadet Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain were overwhelmed with emotion after the Court of Appeal handed down the death sentence on six former cadets who were found guilty of their son’s murder.

Zulkarnain Idros, 60, and his wife, Hawa Osman, 61, expressed their relief and vindication as they prostrated themselves in gratitude to Allah following the appellate court’s decision.