Former police commando Azilah Hadri has been given a new lease on life after the Federal Court allowed a review application of his death sentence and commuted it to imprisonment.
A three-judge panel, led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, substituted the death sentence with 40 years in jail, effective from his date of arrest, and 12 strokes of the rotan on Thursday (Oct 10).
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A three-judge panel, led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, substituted the death sentence with 40 years in jail, effective from his date of arrest, and 12 strokes of the rotan on Thursday (Oct 10).
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00:00Former Police Commando Azila Hadri has been given a new lease on life after the Federal
00:07Court allowed a review application of his death sentence and commuted it to imprisonment.
00:13A three-judge panel led by Chief Justice Tuntengku Maimun Tuanmat substituted the death sentence
00:19with 40 years in jail, effective from his date of arrest on November 1, 2006, and 12
00:25strokes of the rotan.
00:27Azila was convicted in 2009 for the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Sharibu in October
00:332006.
00:36In the unanimous decision, Tengku Maimun said there were strong mitigating factors and valid
00:42reasons for the court to exercise its discretion in favor of the applicant.
00:47She said the applicant had also provided affidavits that allowed the court to apply the proportionality
00:53principle in the sentencing, and this affidavit included a letter from Altantuya's father,
00:59Dr. Sharibu Setev, who supported Azila's application to have his death sentence commuted
01:05to prison time.
01:07Azila's application for a review of his sentence came about following the establishment of
01:12the Mandatory Death Penalty Abolition Act 2023, which came into effect on July 4.
01:19Azila's co-accused Cpl. Sirul Azhar Umar fled to Australia before the federal court
01:24reversed an earlier court of appeal verdict that discharged and acquitted the two men
01:29and reinstated their conviction and death sentence in 2015.