PUTRAJAYA: A 22-year-old man has filed an appeal at the Federal Court against his conviction and an order that he be placed in detention at the pleasure of the Yang-di-Pertuan Agong for the murder of 23 people in a fire at the Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah Tahfiz Centre in 2017.
His lawyer, Haijan Omar, when contacted by Bernama, said the notice of appeal was filed last Sept 21.On Sept 11 this year, the Court of Appeal's three-member bench comprising Justices Datuk Abu Bakar Jais, Datuk Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali and Datuk See Mun Chun dismissed the youth’s appeal and upheld his conviction and prison sentence.
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