PUTRAJAYA: Two men escaped the gallows on Thursday (Aug 15) when the Federal Court commuted their death sentences to 36 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane each for robbery and the fatal shooting of a security guard 12 years ago.
The three-judge panel, led by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, granted the review applications of Mohd Hafizuddin Zainal Abidin, 37, and Cheah Cheong Tatt, 35, substituting their death sentences with imprisonment under the Revision of Sentence of Death and Imprisonment for Natural Life (Temporary Jurisdiction of the Federal Court) Act 2023.
