Court commutes man’s death sentence to 35 years for murder of Indonesian cleaner

Court of Appeal allows him to serve 35 years in jail from the date of his arrest along with 12 strokes of cane

8:05 PM MYT

 

PUTRAJAYA – The Court of Appeal today commuted the death sentence imposed on a 41-year-old man to 35 years in jail for murdering an Indonesian house cleaner in 2017 after she allegedly badmouthed him.

The three judge panel is led by Judge Datuk Supang Lian, along with Judges Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim and Datuk S.M. Komathy Suppiah dismissed Khairul Azizi Abdul Jalil’s appeal to overturn his conviction for the offence.

The court did allow Khairul Azizi’s appeal to commute the death sentence imposed on him by the high court to 35 years’ in jail to be served from the date of his arrest on October 9, 2017, but also imposed 12 strokes of the cane on him.

Justice Komathy said in the court’s decision that Khairul Azizi was not of unsound mind when the offence was committed and knew the nature of his conduct was against the law, and that it was in fact a premeditated murder. 

Khairul Aziz’s counsel, Mohamad Asri Othman had asked the court to commute the death sentence to 30 years’ in jail but deputy public prosecutor Aznee Salmie Ahmad, who was assisted by deputy public prosecutor Aida Khairuleen Azli, urged the court to uphold the death sentence.

Khairul Azizi had been found guilty by the Ipoh High Court last year for killing Aidah Tursinawati, who was in her 40s, at a house in Kg Tersusun Tasek, Ipoh, Kinta, Perak at about 3.25pm on October 9, 2017.

High court judge Su Tiang Joo had ruled that Khairul Azizi had failed to prove that he was of unsound mind and incapable of knowing the nature of his act at the time of killing Aidah. – June 24, 2024

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