MALAYSIA. COURT REJECTS DEATH SENTENCE APPEALS

Mohammed Hj Muslimin, 34 and Basil Omar, 36, failed in their appeals to the Malaysian Federal Court to have their death sentences by hanging reversed. Mohammed was sentenced to death by Sandakan High Court on May 3, 1995, for discharging a firearm with intent to cause death or hurt to Corporal Paulinus Sabinus. The charge carries the mandatory death sentence on conviction. The offence took place on April 16, 1992 in Jalan Lubuk Sandakan.