Man on death row for five years freed


PUTRAJAYA: A man who has been on death row for five years for drug trafficking won his second appeal on Thursday (Oct 13) to be freed.

A Federal Court three-man panel led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat acquitted and discharged V. Sathya after allowing his appeal to set aside his conviction and death sentence for the offences.

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