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Vietnam 23 Mar 2025 | 10:56 AM

Another big week ahead for Vietnam death row tycoon; aiming to overturn life prison sentence in separate case

The appeal of a Vietnamese property tycoon convicted of money laundering will begin next week, state media said on Saturday, three months after losing her appeal against the death penalty in a separate case.

Vietnam 21 Mar 2025 | 01:58 AM

Vietnamese ex-surgeon who dismembered mistress gets death sentence

HANOI: A former surgeon was sentenced to death in Vietnam after he was found guilty of murdering and dismembering his mistress in a case that has shocked the country.

Nation 27 Mar 2025 | 07:38 AM

Former contractor sentenced to 30 years for murdering wife

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has sentenced a former contractor to 30 years in prison after finding him guilty of murdering his wife by smothering her with a blanket at their home four years ago.

Bangladesh 17 Mar 2025 | 02:27 AM

Bangladesh court upholds death sentence of students in murder case

DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh upheld on Sunday (March 16) death sentences of 20 former university students convicted of murdering a fellow student in 2019 who had criticised the country's former government on social media.

World 25 Mar 2025 | 10:24 PM

Texas Walmart shooter killing 23 offered plea deal to avoid death penalty

HOUSTON, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Patrick Crusius, the shooter who killed 23 people in 2019 at a Walmart in El Paso, U.S. state of Texas, was offered a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, El Paso District Attorney James Montoya said at a press conference on Tuesday.

Aseanplus News 26 Mar 2025 | 09:30 AM

Hong Kong father who shook three-year-old daughter to death jailed for life

'[Lau Kai-ping] committed the violent abuse just 1½ months after he was released from jail … he targeted a defenceless child to exert violence,' judge says

Vietnam 23 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Appeal of tycoon on death row to begin next week

THE appeal of a property tycoon convicted of money laundering will begin next week, state media said, three months after losing her appeal against the death penalty in a separate case.

Nation 27 Mar 2025 | 03:07 AM

Vietnamese woman charged in Penang court for reckless driving causing student’s death

GEORGE TOWN: A Vietnamese woman was charged with the death of a teenager and injuring another while driving under the influence of alcohol at a Magistrate's court here.

Vietnam 22 Mar 2025 | 02:15 PM

Appeal of Vietnam death row tycoon to begin in separate case

The appeal of a Vietnamese property tycoon convicted of money laundering will begin next week, state media said on Saturday, three months after losing her appeal against the death penalty in a separate case.

Nation 6 Mar 2025 | 10:52 AM

Man's death sentence commuted to 30 years for murder of dental technologist

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal today commuted the death sentence of an unemployed man to 30 years imprisonment for the murder of a dental technologist seven years ago.

China 19 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Death for leaking secrets

A former Chinese engineer has been sentenced to death for leaking state secrets to a foreign power, Beijing's spy agency said.

Nation 25 Feb 2025 | 04:34 AM

Former lorry driver spared death penalty, sentenced to eight years for drug offence

MELAKA: A former 57-year-old lorry driver was spared the noose after the Melaka High Court sentenced him to eight years in prison.

Nation 14 Mar 2025 | 11:07 AM

Federal Court reinstates death penalty for man who killed wife and infant

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court on Friday reinstated the death penalty for a former lorry driver convicted of murdering his wife and seven-month-old daughter in 2016.

Nation 18 Feb 2025 | 10:09 AM

Conviction, death sentence imposed on six former UPNM students unsafe, says lawyer

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court was told on Tuesday (Feb 18) that the conviction and the death sentence imposed on six former National Defence University of Malaysia (UPNM) students for the murder of Navy Cadet Officer Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain is unsafe and should be set aside.

Nation 14 Mar 2025 | 06:30 AM

Father of five jailed for manslaughter in death of four-year-old stepdaughter

SEREMBAN: A 34-year-old former cement truck driver has been sentenced to eight years' jail by the High Court here for manslaughter in the death of his four-year-old stepdaughter.

Nation 10 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Court upholds 16-year sentence for road rage

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal here has upheld the 16-year prison sentence on a former information technology employee for causing the death of bank manager Syed Muhammad Danial Syed Shakir in a road rage incident on the North-South Expressway (NSE) southbound six years ago.

Nation 10 Mar 2025 | 09:29 AM

Road rage: Appeals Court upholds 16-year jail sentence for IT worker who killed man

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has upheld the 16-year prison sentence on a former information technology employee for causing the death of bank manager Syed Muhammad Danial Syed Shakir in a road rage incident on the North-South Expressway.

Nation 13 Jan 2025 | 08:05 AM

Death sentence commuted to 40-year prison for murder, rape convict

PUTRAJAYA: A former lorry driver who raped, sodomised and murdered an 85-year-old woman in 2019 has had his death sentence commuted to 40 years in prison by the Federal Court on Monday (Jan 13).

Nation 28 Feb 2025 | 05:30 AM

Federal Court maintains 18-year jail term for six UPNM students for causing cadet's death

PUTRAJAYA: Six former National Defence University of Malaysia (UPNM) cadets who were convicted of causing fellow cadet Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain's death will serve 18 years in prison after the Federal Court here set aside their death sentence.

World 21 Jan 2025 | 09:14 AM

Indian state contests life sentence of murder, rape convict, seeks death, source says

KOLKATA (Reuters) - India's West Bengal state launched an appeal on Tuesday to overturn a life sentence in favour of the death penalty for a police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor, a senior lawyer aware of the development said.

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