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Abdul Rahim Itap

 

Charge:

Firearm related (including ammunition)

Sentence:

Life imprisonment and six strokes of the rotan

Years Imprisoned:

16

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Malaysia

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Result:

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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Innocence Proved By:

"On October 12, 2009 Malaysia's Court of Appeal quashed the conviction of Abdul Rahim Itap."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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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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