MALAYSIA. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CANNY ONG'S KILLER

the Court of Appeal, in Malaysia, upheld the death sentence on a former aircraft cabin cleaning supervisor for the rape and murder of IT analyst Canny Ong Lay Kian. Justices Datuk Abdul Aziz Mohamed, Datuk Mohamed Ghazali Mohamed Yusof and Datuk Azmel Ma’amor unanimously dismissed Ahmad Najib’s appeal to set aside the convictions, death sentence and jail term for raping and killing Ong, 29 in Jalan Klang Lama, between 1am and 5am on June 14, 2003. Ahmad Najib was found guilty and sentenced to death by the Shah Alam High Court on Feb 23, 2005. He was also sentenced to 20 years jail and 10 strokes of the rotan for raping her.