
On the eve of Christmas Day in 2005, a male body, covered in blood, was found on a dimly-lit pavement along Upper Boon Keng Road. The deceased had been robbed and murdered. Watch how officers from the Criminal Investigation Department solved this robbery-cum-murder within a week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 M'sians lose appeal against death sentence for brutal attack on Myanmese news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Crime/Story/A1Story20080218-50241.html THREE Malaysians, sentenced to death for the brutal attack on a Myanmar national on Christmas Eve in 2005, lost their appeal in the High Court on Monday. Their lawyers argued that the trio had planned only to rob. When their victim, Mr Thien Naing, 41, an air-con repairman, resisted and pulled out a penknife, Hamir Hasim, 23, Kamal Kupli, 24, and Abdul Malik Usman, 28, beat him up. The brutal attack, which took place in a dimly-lit footpath near Block 19 Upper Boon Keng Road at about midnight on Christmas Eve in 2005, killed Mr Thien. The robbers got away with only $40. The Court of Appeal on Monday heard that Hasim, a gardener, had grabbed the penknife and stabbed Mr Thien, six times. When the victim fell on the ground, Kamal and Abdul Malik, both cleaners, stomped on Mr Thien's head. Defence counsel said that the three attackers could not have known the beating would kill Mr Thien. To this, Justice of Appeal VK Rajah retorted: 'It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realise that stomping on a person's head would <b>...</b>
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