The Court of Appeal on Wednesday (Oct 16), upheld the death sentence on tow truck driver Koong Swee Kwan for murdering Arab-Malaysian Bank (AmBank) founder Hussain Ahmad Najadi.<br /><br />A three-member bench led by Datuk Yaacob Md Sam also affirmed the 18 years jail term on Koong for attempting to murder Najadi's wife Cheong Mei Kuen.<br /><br />Koong, 50, known as Sei Ngan Chai (bespectacled) was sentenced to death on Oct 27,2017, for killing Najadi, 75, after a retrial of his case.
