Duo acquitted in murder case due to lack of evidence


Long-awaited victory: Tee (third from left) and Koh (second from right) with their lawyers Freda (third from right), Kenji (left), Chuah (second from left) and Sarawana posing after the acquittal in the 2017 case.

JOHOR BARU: Two men were acquitted and discharged by the High Court here of a murder that took place at a petrol station in Taman Pelangi eight years ago.

Judicial Commissioner Kan Weng Hin ordered the release of Tee Sie Hou, 27, and Koh Sing Wei, 28, after declining the prosecution’s request to grant a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA).

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