An Indian national is among two death row convicts in Singapore whose sentences were sent back to court for review, the first such cases under a new law.
The case of Gopinathan Nair Remadevi Bijukumar, 37, on death row for murder, was the first to be heard by a Singapore court Tuesday, which then sent it back to the high court for re-sentencing, local media reported Wednesday.
Bijukumar is convicted of stabbing to death a Filipina prostitute in March 2010 after she refused to return the money he had paid for sexual services.
The other case involved a Malaysian man convicted of murdering a Chinese construction worker. Full story
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