{"id":15545,"date":"2019-03-22T12:33:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T04:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=15545"},"modified":"2019-03-22T12:33:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T04:33:58","slug":"sarawakian-michael-garing-executed-at-changi-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=15545","title":{"rendered":"Sarawakian Michael Garing executed at Changi Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"571\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/micheal.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15546\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/micheal.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/micheal-300x171.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/micheal-768x439.jpg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/micheal-600x343.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption> <br>Michael Garing was part of a gang of Sarawakians that went on a robbery spree in Kallang in May 2010, which led to the death of a construction worker. He was executed this morning. Photo courtesy of Singapore Police Force pic <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>SINGAPORE, March 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) \u2014 Sarawakian Michael anak Garing has been executed at Changi Prison here this morning, according to the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael was convicted of murder in 2015 by the island republic\u2019s high court and the conviction was affirmed by the court of appeal in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHis remains are expected to arrive at Sibu Airport tomorrow before being brought back to his hometown in Kapit. We are currently assisting Michael\u2019s family members who are here,\u201d the High Commission\u2019s spokesperson told Bernama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was made to understand that Michael had converted to Islam in prison and chose Muhammad Arif Sufi as his Muslim name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> On March 20, the parents of Michael, Ensiring anak Garman and Garing anak Kanyan, had sent a clemency petition to the President of Singapore to spare their son\u2019s life by commuting his sentence to life imprisonment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI still do not want to believe despite being told the sentence had been carried out,\u201d said one of Michael\u2019s family members who wished not to be named, when contacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, both parents of Michael were devastated with the loss.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael, then 21, was part of a gang involved in a robbery in Kallang Road in May 2010 which led to the death of 41-year-old construction worker, Shanmuganathan Dillidurai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three others were severely injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another accused, Tony Imba, was jailed for life with 24 strokes of the cane while Hairee Landak, was sentenced in 2013 to 33 years\u2019 imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donny Meluda, who went on the run for more than six years, was given a similar sentence of 33 years\u2019 imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane in 2018. \u2014 Bernama<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE, March 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) \u2014 Sarawakian Michael anak Garing has been executed at Changi Prison here this morning, according to the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore today. Michael was convicted of murder in 2015 by the island republic\u2019s high court and the conviction was affirmed by the court of appeal in 2017. \u201cHis remains are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":15546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[288,318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15545"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}