5 men on death row lose appeal

The New Straits Times

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court yesterday reaffirmed the death sentences imposed on five men for murder and dadah trafficking in three separate appeals.

In all the cases, the High Court had found them guilty and the Court of Appeal upheld the sentence and conviction.

The appellants are:

Ong Lock Soon, a former debt collector who trafficked in 821.9gm of heroin at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb 28, 2002;

P. Vellertore, an ex-security guard, who murdered his three children, Rudraa Kumar, 6, Kesappata, 5, and Harini, 3, by strangling them at his house in Taman Muhibbah, Kulai, Johor on Jan 20, 2004; and,

Former welders Mohd Rizal Masiran, 28; Shuhaizal Shuaid, 33; and Mohd Razip Mohd Ali, 42, who jointly trafficked in 2.7kg of ganja in Chemor, Perak, on Oct 29, 2002.