PUTRAJAYA, March 6 — A former assistant manager in The Star's editorial department began serving a 20-month prison term today after the Court of Appeal upheld his conviction for accepting a RM20,000 bribe eight years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 5 — A former deliveryman convicted of raping a Year Six student failed in his appeal for a lighter sentence when the Court of Appeal upheld the 18-year imprisonment and 10 strokes of the cane imposed by the Sessions Court two years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 27 — Three friends convicted of murder escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal today commuted the mandatory death sentence to imprisonment.