Murder: Two Filipinos’ death sentences commuted

The three-member bench comprising Justices Tan Sri Amar Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, Datuk Nordin Hassan and Datuk Abu Bakar Jais allowed Mohd Hussin Abdul Karim and Salahuddin Orah’s review applications under the Revision of Sentence of Death and Imprisonment for Natural Life Temporary Jurisdiction of the Federal Court) Act.

He added that because of a small misunderstanding between the applicant and the deceased over the beer bill, the applicant had committed the offence. The High Court in Tawau on June 25, 2012 had convicted Salahuddin and sentenced him to death after he was found guilty of killing Elsid Eddie, 20, at 9.40pm on April 4, 2006 at a house in Kg Sri Takun Tungku in Lahad Datu.The panel had spared Salahuddin from whipping due to his age and ordered him to serve the jail sentence from date of his arrest on April 5, 2007.

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