Sunny Ang

==Execution==

==Execution==

After he was sentenced to death, Ang filed an appeal to the [[Federal Court of Malaysia]] against his sentence, as the High Court initially [[Appellate court|remained subordinate]] to the Federal Court until 1969 despite Singapore's independence. In his appeal, Ang cited a miscarriage of justice in his case among the 18 grounds of appeal. These allegations were mostly directed at the trial judge Murray Buttrose, whom he alleged had prejudiced his case in a way that denied him a fair trial. However, on 19 November 1965, the Federal Court decided that the evidence, including Ang's true motive behind the murder of Jenny Cheok, was overpowering enough to prove Ang guilty and dismissed his appeal.

After he was sentenced to death, Ang filed an appeal to the [[Federal Court of Malaysia]] against his sentence, as the High Court initially [[Appellate court|remained subordinate]] to the Federal Court until 1969 despite Singapore's independence. In his appeal, Ang cited a [[miscarriage of justice]] in his case among the 18 grounds of appeal. These allegations were mostly directed at the trial judge Murray Buttrose, whom he alleged had prejudiced his case in a way that denied him a fair trial. However, on 19 November 1965, the Federal Court decided that the evidence, including Ang's true motive behind the murder of Jenny Cheok, was overpowering enough to prove Ang guilty and dismissed his appeal.

On 5 October 1966, Ang's appeal to the [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council|Privy Council]] in [[London]] was also rejected.{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19661006-1.2.58?ST=1&AT=search&k=sunny%20ang%20jenny%20cheok%20privy%20council&QT=sunny,ang,jenny,cheok,privy,council&oref=article|title=Sunny's last hope—a plea for clemency...|website=The Straits Times|date=6 October 1966|access-date=24 May 2021}} Ang, who was then detained on death row in Changi Prison, made one final attempt to escape the gallows by appealing to [[President of Singapore]] [[Yusof Ishak]] for clemency. Ang's 3,000 family members, friends and sympathisers also sent another clemency petition to the president to plead for mercy. If successful, Ang's death sentence would be [[commutation (law)|commuted]] to [[life imprisonment]].{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19661203-1.2.17?ST=1&AT=search&k=sunny%20ang%20jenny%20cheok%20clemency&QT=sunny,ang,jenny,cheok,clemency&oref=article|title=Sunny Angn clemency plea: Decision soon|website=The Straits Times|date=3 December 1966|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19661028.2.63|title=Sunny Ang: Still no petition|website=The Straits Times|date=28 October 1966|access-date=24 May 2021}} However, on 31 January 1967, the president refused to grant Ang clemency and rejected both his petitions. Yusof later authorized the execution to be carried out on the Monday morning of 6 February 1967.{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19670204-1.2.82|title=Sunny Ang: Monday date with gallows|website=The Straits Times|date=4 February 1967|access-date=24 May 2021}}

On 5 October 1966, Ang's appeal to the [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council|Privy Council]] in [[London]] was also rejected.{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19661006-1.2.58?ST=1&AT=search&k=sunny%20ang%20jenny%20cheok%20privy%20council&QT=sunny,ang,jenny,cheok,privy,council&oref=article|title=Sunny's last hope—a plea for clemency...|website=The Straits Times|date=6 October 1966|access-date=24 May 2021}} Ang, who was then detained on death row in Changi Prison, made one final attempt to escape the gallows by appealing to [[President of Singapore]] [[Yusof Ishak]] for clemency. Ang's 3,000 family members, friends and sympathisers also sent another clemency petition to the president to plead for mercy. If successful, Ang's death sentence would be [[commutation (law)|commuted]] to [[life imprisonment]].{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19661203-1.2.17?ST=1&AT=search&k=sunny%20ang%20jenny%20cheok%20clemency&QT=sunny,ang,jenny,cheok,clemency&oref=article|title=Sunny Angn clemency plea: Decision soon|website=The Straits Times|date=3 December 1966|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19661028.2.63|title=Sunny Ang: Still no petition|website=The Straits Times|date=28 October 1966|access-date=24 May 2021}} However, on 31 January 1967, the president refused to grant Ang clemency and rejected both his petitions. Yusof later authorized the execution to be carried out on the Monday morning of 6 February 1967.{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19670204-1.2.82|title=Sunny Ang: Monday date with gallows|website=The Straits Times|date=4 February 1967|access-date=24 May 2021}}

Ang's case was recalled in another alleged murder case from Singapore in 1989. In this case, a school bus driver named Oh Laye Koh was charged with the murder of [[Liang Shan Shan]], a 17-year-old student from [[Mayflower Secondary School]]. Liang, a Malaysian from [[Sabah]], went missing on 2 October 1989, and her highly decomposed body was found two weeks later in Yishun Industrial Park by [[National service in Singapore|National Servicemen]] who were training near the area. Forensic pathologist [[Chao Tzee Cheng]] could not ascertain the cause of death; he could not tell whether it was a suicide, murder or accident due to the state of decomposition. Some body parts were missing and the injuries he found on the skull and ribs were not sufficient to cause death. Later police investigations revealed that Liang was last seen boarding Oh's school bus at around 1 pm by her classmate, and Oh was later charged with murder. Oh was initially acquitted in 1992, but he was brought back to court in 1994 for a re-trial after the prosecution appealed the acquittal. When he was told to enter his defence, Oh chose to remain silent. From his decision to remain silent, his failure to submit additional evidence in his favour, as well as the circumstantial evidence pointing to Oh's possible guilt, the High Court made an inference that Oh had indeed killed Liang and her death was not suicidal or accidental, and thus sentenced Oh to death after finding him guilty of murder. Oh Laye Koh was executed together with two drug traffickers on 19 May 1995. Oh's lawyer Peter Fernando stated that Oh Laye Koh did not show remorse for his actions and continued to deny his crime till the end.{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Search?ST=1&AT=search&k=school%20bus%20driver%20gets%20death%20for%20girl#|title=School bus driver gets death for girl's murder|website=The Straits Times|date=7 May 1994|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Search?ST=1&AT=advanced&K=liang%20shan%20shan%20missing%20murder&KA=liang%20shan%20shan%20missing%20murder&DF=&DT=&Display=0&NPT=&L=&CTA=#|title='I find you guilty because...'|website=The New Paper|date=4 May 1994|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Search?ST=1&AT=search&k=liang%20shan%20shan%20missing%20body#|title=Difficult to make out girl's body|website=The New Paper|date=4 May 1994|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mewatch.sg/watch/True-Files-S2-E10-The-School-Bus-Driver-50965|title=True Files S2 Ep 10 The School Bus Driver|website=meWATCH|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mewatch.sg/watch/Whispers-Of-The-Dead-S2-E6-Right-of-Silence-(1989-94)-46547|title=Whispers Of The Dead S2 E6 - Right of Silence (1989-94)|website=meWATCH|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/ASA36/015/1995/en/|title=SINGAPORE: FURTHER INFORMATION ON IMMINENT EXECUTION: OH LAYE KOH; NEW NAMES: HARTEJ SIDHU, 35, INDIAN NATIONAL, SARJIT SINGH, 55, SINGAPOREAN NATIONAL|website=Amnesty International|date=19 May 1995|access-date=16 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mewatch.sg/watch/Inside-Crime-Scene-E3-Bodies-of-Evidence-278663|title=Inside Crime Scene - S1 Ep 3 Bodies of Evidence|website=meWATCH|access-date=18 March 2022}}

Ang's case was recalled in another alleged murder case from Singapore in 1989. In this case, a school bus driver named Oh Laye Koh was charged with the murder of [[Liang Shan Shan]], a 17-year-old student from [[Mayflower Secondary School]]. Liang, a Malaysian from [[Sabah]], went missing on 2 October 1989, and her highly decomposed body was found two weeks later in Yishun Industrial Park by [[National service in Singapore|National Servicemen]] who were training near the area. Forensic pathologist [[Chao Tzee Cheng]] could not ascertain the cause of death; he could not tell whether it was a suicide, murder or accident due to the state of decomposition. Some body parts were missing and the injuries he found on the skull and ribs were not sufficient to cause death. Later police investigations revealed that Liang was last seen boarding Oh's school bus at around 1 pm by her classmate, and Oh was later charged with murder. Oh was initially acquitted in 1992, but he was brought back to court in 1994 for a re-trial after the prosecution appealed the acquittal. When he was told to enter his defence, Oh chose to remain silent. From his decision to remain silent, his failure to submit additional evidence in his favour, as well as the circumstantial evidence pointing to Oh's possible guilt, the High Court made an inference that Oh had indeed killed Liang and her death was not suicidal or accidental, and thus sentenced Oh to death after finding him guilty of murder. Oh Laye Koh was executed together with two drug traffickers on 19 May 1995. Oh's lawyer Peter Fernando stated that Oh Laye Koh did not show remorse for his actions and continued to deny his crime till the end.{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Search?ST=1&AT=search&k=school%20bus%20driver%20gets%20death%20for%20girl#|title=School bus driver gets death for girl's murder|website=The Straits Times|date=7 May 1994|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Search?ST=1&AT=advanced&K=liang%20shan%20shan%20missing%20murder&KA=liang%20shan%20shan%20missing%20murder&DF=&DT=&Display=0&NPT=&L=&CTA=#|title='I find you guilty because...'|website=The New Paper|date=4 May 1994|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Search?ST=1&AT=search&k=liang%20shan%20shan%20missing%20body#|title=Difficult to make out girl's body|website=The New Paper|date=4 May 1994|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mewatch.sg/watch/True-Files-S2-E10-The-School-Bus-Driver-50965|title=True Files S2 Ep 10 The School Bus Driver|website=meWATCH|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mewatch.sg/watch/Whispers-Of-The-Dead-S2-E6-Right-of-Silence-(1989-94)-46547|title=Whispers Of The Dead S2 E6 - Right of Silence (1989-94)|website=meWATCH|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/ASA36/015/1995/en/|title=SINGAPORE: FURTHER INFORMATION ON IMMINENT EXECUTION: OH LAYE KOH; NEW NAMES: HARTEJ SIDHU, 35, INDIAN NATIONAL, SARJIT SINGH, 55, SINGAPOREAN NATIONAL|website=Amnesty International|date=19 May 1995|access-date=16 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mewatch.sg/watch/Inside-Crime-Scene-E3-Bodies-of-Evidence-278663|title=Inside Crime Scene - S1 Ep 3 Bodies of Evidence|website=meWATCH|access-date=18 March 2022}}

In Malaysia, lawyer N. Pathmanabhan and his two farm hands – T. Thilaiyalagan and R. Kathavarayan – were accused of murdering millionaire [[Banting murders|Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and her three companions]] - bank officer Noohisham Mohamed, lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim, and her driver Kamaruddin Shamsuddin – in 2010, purely based on circumstantial evidence and without the bodies of the victims. All three accused, who burnt the bodies before their arrests, were found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. Their death sentences were finalized and upheld by the [[Federal Court of Malaysia]] in March 2017. Ang's case was recalled in news reports covering the millionaire's murder.{{cite news|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2017/03/26/federal-court-brings-closure-to-sosilawati-murder-case/1343189|title=Federal Court brings closure to the Sosilawati murder case|website=Malay Mail|date=26 March 2017|access-date=25 May 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/03/17/only-one-other-case-of-murder-conviction-without-body-being-found|title=Only one other case of murder conviction without body being found|website=The Star|date= 17 March 2017|access-date=25 May 2021}}

In Malaysia, lawyer N. Pathmanabhan and his two farm hands – T. Thilaiyalagan and R. Kathavarayan – were accused of murdering millionaire [[Banting murders|Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and her three companions]] - bank officer Noohisham Mohamed, lawyer [[Ahmad Kamil]] Abdul Karim, and her driver Kamaruddin Shamsuddin – in 2010, purely based on circumstantial evidence and without the bodies of the victims. All three accused, who burnt the bodies before their arrests, were found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. Their death sentences were finalized and upheld by the [[Federal Court of Malaysia]] in March 2017. Ang's case was recalled in news reports covering the millionaire's murder.{{cite news|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2017/03/26/federal-court-brings-closure-to-sosilawati-murder-case/1343189|title=Federal Court brings closure to the Sosilawati murder case|website=Malay Mail|date=26 March 2017|access-date=25 May 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/03/17/only-one-other-case-of-murder-conviction-without-body-being-found|title=Only one other case of murder conviction without body being found|website=The Star|date= 17 March 2017|access-date=25 May 2021}}

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