On April 13, Malaysia's highest court upheld the death...

On April 13, Malaysia's highest court upheld the death sentence on a witch doctor Maznah Ismail, better known by her alias Mona Fandey, and on her husband and their assistant. They were convicted in 1995 of murdering Mazlan Idris during a black magic ritual. Police found Mazlan's body chopped into 18 pieces and buried in his house in the interior of the central state of Pahang in July 1993. The Pahang court sentenced the trio to death by hanging, the mandatory sentence for murder. As a last resort, they could ask for a royal pardon.