MALAYSIA: AZILAH FILES APPEAL TO OVERTURN CONVICTION AND DEATH SENTENCE

special action force C/Insp Azilah Hadri filed an appeal against his conviction and death sentence at the Shah Alam High Court in Malaysia. The lawyer for co-accused Kpl Sirul Azhar Umar, 36, said he would also file a notice of appeal. Azilah, 32, and Kpl Sirul were found guilty of murdering Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu and were ordered to be sent to the gallows.