MALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF THREE MEN FOR MURDER OF LECTURER

February 23, 2015: The Federal Court of Putrajaya upheld the conviction and death sentence of three men, including a former Institut Kemahiran Bina Negara (IKN) student, for the murder of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) lecturer Bakarudin Busu 13 years ago.
A five-member bench led by Federal Court judge Tan Sri Ahmad Maarop had unanimously dismissed the final appeal of former sales executive Sulkarnain Alias, former forklift driver Noorman Ab. Wahab and Azizul Azual Jailani.
In his decision, Justice Ahmad said the High Court judge was right in finding the three of them guilty for the murder of the 35-year-old sports science lecturer.
Sulkarnain, 37, Noorman, 36, and Azizul, 31, were found guilty and sentenced to death by the High Court in Shah Alam in 2009 for killing Bakarudin at Jalan SS19/6, Subang Jaya, at 9.30pm on Feb 12, 2002. Azizul was 18 years of age at the time of the incident. (Sources: BERNAMA, 23/02/2015)