Federal Court maintains 18-year jail term for six UPNM students for causing cadet's death


PUTRAJAYA: Six former National Defence University of Malaysia (UPNM) cadets who were convicted of causing fellow cadet Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain's death will serve 18 years in prison after the Federal Court here set aside their death sentence.

A three-judge panel, chaired by Chief Judge of Malaya Justice Hasnah Mohamed Hashim, allowed the appeal filed by the six and set aside the death sentence imposed by the Court of Appeal on them.

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