of 18 years. However, were Abdul Nasir to have been sentenced to the life sentence under the newer definition i.e. for the rest of his natural life, the Court of Appeal opined that it would have been more appropriate for his sentences to run concurrently rather than consecutively. As such, they dismissed the appeal. The earliest possible release date for Abdul Nasir is thus sometime between May 2021 to November 2021 (presuming a one third remission for good behaviour.) By which time, Abdul Nasir would have served at least two-thirds of his overall sentence (25 years and 4 months). At such time, Abdul Nasir would be at least 52 years old. The appeal of Abdul Nasir, titled "Abdul Nasir bin Amer Hamsah v Public Prosecutor [1997] SGCA 38", was since regarded as a landmark in Singapore's legal history as it changed the definition of life imprisonment from "life" to "natural life" under the law. This ruling also extensively made impacts on future cases after 20 August 1997 involving a convict sentenced to life imprisonment, including Muhamad Hasik bin Sahar for the manslaughter of a football player (31 May 2001), Tony Anak Imba for the robbery-murder of an Indian construction worker (30 May 2010), and Yong Vui Kong for drug trafficking (14 November 2013). Re-enactments and publication This case was re-enacted in a Singaporean crime show named True Files. It first aired as the eleventh and penultimate episode of the show's third season on 3 January 2005. In 1997, the annual season of Singaporean crime show Crimewatch featured the Oriental Hotel murder as its eighth episode. This case was also recorded in Subhas Anandan's memoir The Best I Could, which features his early life, career and his notable cases. The memoir was adapted into a TV show of the same name, which runs for two seasons. Abdul Nasir's case was re-enacted and aired as the sixth and final episode of the show's first season (though some aspects of the case were altered for dramatic purposes). See also Capital punishment in Singapore Life imprisonment in Singapore Caning in Singapore References Further reading Murder in Singapore People murdered in Singapore 1994 murders in Singapore Japanese people murdered abroad Life imprisonment in Singapore