28 September 1999 :
On September 28, Visanu Chokthavee Sarp had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment. A Foreign Ministry statement said Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong had approved a clemency appeal for Visanu. He appealed on September 21, admitting he had signed a sales/purchase footwear contract with the Vietnamese exporters, but denying he had any intention to cheat or swindle over the payment because he was only the broker and not the consignee.
Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Faisal Rasheed on April 30, 2024 delivered the verdict in the murder case involving nine women and young girls from the same family residing in the limits of Chauntra police station.
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Two former policemen escaped the gallows after the Federal Court’s three-member panel on April 30, 2024 commuted the death sentences imposed on them to 40 years in jail for the murder of an Indonesian mechanic 18 years ago.
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