PUTRAJAYA, Dec 14 — A former security guard escaped the gallows when the Federal Court here today commuted his death sentence to 33 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane, for the murder of his 17-year-old lover eight years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — A married couple who runs a tahfiz centre was charged in a separate Magistrate’s Court in Ampang today for voluntarily causing hurt on a male student last month.

SHAH ALAM, Dec 8 — The High Court here today ordered a couple to enter their defence on the charge of murdering their eight-year-old son at the massage centre where they worked three years ago.