PUTRAJAYA: Two former followers of the "Tuhan Harun" cult escaped the gallows after the Federal Court here commuted their death sentence to 40 years' imprisonment and 12 strokes of the rotan for murdering a religious enforcement officer 11 years ago.
A three-judge panel chaired by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat replaced the death sentence after allowing the review applications by Shamsinar Abdul Halim, 47, and Sumustapha Suradi, 50.
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