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PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court on Wednesday upheld the death penalty of a former tow truck driver convicted of murdering AmBank founder Hussain Ahmad Najadi eleven years ago.
In delivering the court’s decision, Justice Harmindar said the court of law must have regard to compassion and mercy when considering whether a death sentence should be commuted and that the death penalty applies only in exceptional cases. He was convicted of gunning down Najadi in the parking lot of the Kuan Yin Temple in Lorong Ceylon between 1.30pm and 2pm on July 29, 2013.
Earlier, Koong’s lawyer Datuk Hisyam Teh Poh Teik urged the court to review the death sentence imposed on his client and consider a commutation to a term of between 35 years and 38 years.He pleaded with the court to tilt the scale of justice in favour of rehabilitation and compassion. He said a prosecution witness testified that the murder was carried out in a hitman-style execution, where Koong followed the deceased and shot him in the chest.
Ambank Hussain Ahmad Najadi Review Federal Court Death Penalty Koong Swee Kwan Execution-Style Justice Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal Datuk Hisyam Teh Poh Teik Datuk Yusaini Amer Abdul
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