MALAYSIA: FARMER ON DEATH ROW HAS SENTENCE OVERTURNED

farmer Sanggau Jali had his death sentence overturned by Justices Zakaria, Sharif and Yuen of the Malaysian Federal Court. He was sentenced to 15 years’ jail after his murder charge was reduced to manslaughter. On July 27, 2007, Sanggau, 58, was sentenced to death by Justice Skinner for murdering his brother Ambau Jali on January 7, 2006, in Pantu, Sri Aman, with a machete.