MALAYSIA: FOUR GET DEATH FOR MURDER

four men were sentenced to death by Judge Datuk Jeffrey Tan Kok Wha of the High Court in Muar, Malaysia. Taxi driver S. Manikumar, 41, despatch rider B. Anand Nambiar, 26, liquor distributor N. Mohan, 42, and car repossessor A. Easwaran Muthu, 40, were found guilty of abducting and murdering Heng Pang Kiat, 39, on February 21, 2002, in an illegal money lending scheme.