KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — A Singaporean man has asked the Federal Court in Johor Baru to uphold the death sentence imposed on him for the murder of his wife’s boyfriend in 2013.

Quah Tee Keon, 56, who was also accused of stabbing his wife and causing injuries that could have resulted in death, has withdrawn his application for a death sentence review, the online news portal reported Harian News Today.

“I don’t want to ask for forgiveness, I only ask for the death penalty. Thank you,” he was quoted as saying by BH-online as said.

The panel of judges, headed by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat and comprising Federal Court judges Datuk Nordin Hassan and Datuk Hanipah Farikullah, subsequently decided to dismiss the petition for review and thus uphold the man’s death sentence.

Quah, represented by lawyer Bernard George, was arrested after he surrendered to police in Kuala Lumpur on October 28, 2013.

According to the facts, Quah murdered a man named Ruan Chao Qiang, a Chinese national, at a residence in Taman Mawar Indah, Triang, Bera, Pahang, at around 3:30 am on October 13, 2013.

He also injured his wife with a knife, causing multiple injuries to her neck, hands and back at the same time and in the same place, authorities said. BH-online.

The case was prosecuted by Deputy Public Prosecutor Ng Siew Wee.