included an alternative sentence of life imprisonment with caning for such a crime, which gave all death row inmates to apply to reduce their sentences. Kho was eligible of such an entitlement and received a life sentence with 24 strokes of the cane. However, he was once again sentenced to death upon the prosecution's appeal to the higher courts of Singapore in early 2015, which was narrowly allowed by a majority vote of 3–2, as the majority of the judges found that the manner of killing demonstrated both viciousness and a blatant disregard for human life, which would be more appropriate to order Kho to be hanged rather than having him jailed for life. After the suspension of Kho's execution, a few months later, in April 2016, Kho lost his appeal, as the Court of Appeal found there is little new material and evidence for the court to conclude that there is a miscarriage of justice in Kho's case when they made the decision to sentence the Malaysian to death, and not convincing enough for the court to reopen the concluded 2015 criminal appeal, which was coupled by the lawyers rehashing the old arguments made in the earlier court proceedings against him. Later, a new date was set for the execution to take place, and it was released, with the death warrant ordering that Kho should be executed at dawn on 20 May 2016. However, this execution was once again postponed by another stay of execution granted in view of an appeal filed the night before Kho's execution. The appeal was thrown out the next morning since the court felt that the defence was just rehashing their old arguments, which the court believed amounted to an abuse of the court, which led to the judges to strongly and critically reprimand Kho's lawyers for their conduct. Shortly after the rejection of his final appeal, Kho was then hanged on the afternoon of 20 May 2016. References Capital punishment