Judge orders public whipping for two youths

KUALA LUMPUR: Two youths winced in pain as they were whipped in the Sessions Court here for committing gang robbery.

Judge Ahmad Bache, who ordered the public caning, said they were lucky to be whipped in court and not in prison.

“I hope both of you will repent as crime does not pay,” he told former skills training college student Mohamed Shaznee Jahn Mohamed Yasin, 19, and former snooker parlour worker Redzohaan Abdullah.

Mohamed Shaznee received seven lashes while Redzohaan, 20, was whipped eight times.

Mohamed Shaznee was heard groaning in pain after the third strike.

Redzohaan, who was whipped after the first offender, was seen holding back his tears after the prison officer gave him the fourth strike.

The punishments were meted out before medical officer Dr Muhamad Fadhlan Mohd Sani, Kajang prison officers and witnesses in the public gallery at about 10.52am yesterday.

None of the offenders’ family members were present.

Mohamed Shaznee, with another person still at large, was accused of using a stick to rob one Teo Len Hoo, 51, of RM418 at an Internet cafe at Plaza Usahawan in Jalan Genting Klang, Setapak, at about 6.24am on Nov 24 last year.

He was arrested on the same day.

On Sept 4 this year, he was sentenced to 18 months’ jail, which was to run from the date of his arrest, and ordered to be given the seven whippings that were carried out yesterday.

Redzohaan, with another two still at large, was charged with robbing one Martin Iyan, 37, of his smartphone, tablet, identity card and RM300, using a parang.

The offence was committed at a 24-hour convenience store in Jalan Ipoh here at about 3.30am on Jan 31.

On Aug 21, he was jailed two years and ordered to be whipped eight times.

The sentence was to run from Feb 6, the day he was detained. Both pleaded guilty to the charges against them.

Mohamed Shaznee is due to be released on Monday while Redzohaan will be freed on June 6.