Six former Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) students were sentenced to death over the murder of navy cadet Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain seven years ago.

A three-person Court of Appeal bench today unanimously found the six ex-students guilty of murder, setting aside their initial conviction for the offence of causing death with no intent to kill.

The bench chaired by Hadhariah Syed Ismail ruled that...