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PETALING JAYA: The Federal Court has rightfully declared that Section 498 of the Penal Code is unconstitutional, reaffirming the principle that women are equal citizens and no law should treat them as property, says Sisters in Islam.
PUTRAJAYA: Senior lawyer Datuk Hisyam Teh Poh Teik will be lead counsel for former Tronoh assemblyman Paul Yong Choo Kiong’s appeal against his conviction, 13-year jail term and whipping sentence for raping his maid in 2019.
PETALING JAYA: Criminal law practitioners are questioning whether the Federal Court has exceeded its jurisdiction by further reviewing the sentences of convicted murderers and drug traffickers which have been the subject of a successful pardon application.
PETALING JAYA: Based on his first media interview yesterday, there is very little chance that Malaysia can ever extradite ex-police commando Sirul Azhar Umar, who was sentenced to death for murder in 2009, from Australia.
PETALING JAYA: Sirul Azhar Umar, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu, has until next month to apply to the Federal Court for his sentence to be commuted, a former Malaysian Bar president said.