Malaysian man dubbed 'cosplay killer' gets 22 years' jail, instead of death, upon appeal

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PUTRAJAYA - A self-employed man dubbed the 'cosplay killer', escaped the gallows in Malaysia on Thursday (Sept 12) for the 2013 murder of his teenage girlfriend whose remains he stuffed in a suitcase, The Star reported.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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PUTRAJAYA - A self-employed man dubbed the"cosplay killer", escaped the gallows in Malaysia on Thursday for the 2013 murder of his teenage girlfriend whose remains he stuffed in a suitcase, The Star reported.

Poon was then sentenced to 22 years in jail from the date of his arrest in 2013, The Star report said. Poon's lawyer Datuk Rajpal Singh told the court that Poon intended to have sex with Ng but a friend had interrupted the duo causing him to go out. When he came back, the girl did not want to have sex anymore, resulting in the couple engaging in a fight, Bernama reported.

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