Lawyers Datin Freda Sabapathy (left) and Sarawana Kumar together with the accused local Jaya Kandan Madachamy,47, (second left) and Sri Lankan Rathis Thas Ganapakiyam, 42.
JOHOR BARU: Two men, including a local sales assistant, have been acquitted by the High Court in a murder case dating back six years, escaping the death penalty.
Jaya Kandan Madachamy, 47, and Rathis Thas Ganapakiyam, 42, walked free without having their defence called. Rathis is a Sri Lankan national.
