The Court of Appeal today upheld the death sentence on a tow truck driver Koong Swee Kwan for murdering Arab-Malaysian Bank founder Hussain Ahmad Najadi.
In unanimously dismissing Koong's appeal against his conviction and sentence for both charges, Justice Yaacob who led the bench ruled that the evidence was overwhelming against Koong. was sentenced to death on Oct 27, 2017, for killing Najadi, 75, after a retrial of his case.Koong was charged with committing the offences in the parking lot of the Kuan Yin Temple in Lorong Ceylon between 1.30 pm and 2 pm on July 29, 2013.
However, on Dec 14, 2016, the Federal Court five-man bench set aside his conviction and ordered the case to be retried in the High Court before a new judge after ruling that Justice Mohd Azman could have been prejudiced since he had heard the appeal of a taxi man, Chew Siang Chee who was facing charges of possession of pistol and bullets. Chew was said to have driven Koong away after the shooting.
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