Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Firearm related (including ammunition) |
Sentence: |
Life imprisonment and six strokes of the rotan |
Years Imprisoned: |
16 |
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Year Convicted: |
1993 |
Year Cleared: |
2009 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Malaysia |
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Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Abdul Rahim Itap was wrongly convicted in 1993 of exhibiting a firearm and sentenced to life imprisonment and six strokes of the rotan. On October 12, 2009 Malaysia's Court of Appeal quashed the conviction of Itap, a former security guard." |
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"On October 12, 2009 Malaysia's Court of Appeal quashed the conviction of Abdul Rahim Itap." |
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Information Source 1: |
"Retrial Ordered For Ex-Security Guard After 16 Years, BERNAMA (Malaysia), October 12, 2009" |
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http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=446402 |
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