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#SHOWBIZ: 'Gallows seemed better': Yasin Sulaiman opens up on prison, path to freedom

KUALA LUMPUR: Singer-songwriter Yasin Sulaiman has opened up about the darkest chapter of his life, admitting that the initial 30-year prison sentence left him so utterly hopeless he felt hanging at the gallows would have been a merciful alternative.

#SHOWBIZ: 'Gallows seemed better': Yasin Sulaiman opens up on prison, path to freedom

KUALA LUMPUR: Singer-songwriter Yasin Sulaiman has revealed the harrowing details of his time in prison, confessing that the 30-year sentence left him with such despair that he believed hanging would have been a kinder fate. The 50-year-old musician recounted the overwhelming hopelessness he felt, imagining a life spent entirely behind bars. Yasin stated that if the initial sentence had been carried out, he would have remained incarcerated until reaching 80, or died inside if his life ended prematurely.

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