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The Court of Appeal today upheld the death sentence of a former lorry attendant for the murder of an 85-year-old woman after raping and sodomising her five years ago.

Zarul Fitri (left) with close family members visiting the grave of his late brother Muhammad Zaharif at Kampung Kepayang Fair Park Islamic Cemetery, Ipoh.

Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, convicted of a 1988 murder-for-hire, was put to death in the southern state of Alabama on Thursday. - Photo by AFP

The High Court was told that former Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) Intelligence chief of staff SAC Datuk Mat Zaki Md Zain, had checked into a hotel here, three days before the murder of e-hailing driver Nurman Bakaratu. - Photo by Sinar

The accused arrived at Tawau High Court. Photo by Bernama

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Judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin meted out the sentence on the baby's mother, Nor Aisyah Mohd Yunus, 40, and her housemate, Noor Aisyah Ibrahim, 37, after finding that the defence failed to raise any reasonable doubt at the end of the defence case. - BERNAMA FILE PIX

The two siblings, G. Ganong Segaran, 34, and his sister G. Malani, 33, as well as S. Devi, 30, P. Saravanan, 31, and P.K. Vikinesvaran, 20, were charged with murdering S. Ashok, 20, at a house in Jalan Sungai Buaya, Sungai Choh, Rawang last month.

Pannir Selvam’s fate is currently up in the air, according to his sisters. — Photo by Bernama

The formidable endeavours undertaken by the government to safeguard property, rights, and national sovereignty were unequivocally validated through Malaysia's triumphant adjudications in international courts against legal action brought by a group of Sulu individuals purporting to be descendants of the Sulu Sultanate.