KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here considered the Netherlands’ stance against the death penalty in deciding to spare the noose for the three men who kidnapped a Dutch teen.
Instead, Justice Kamardin Hashim sentenced Chong Tat Siong, 27, Foong Khar Fai, 23, and Lee Phak Seng, 26, to life imprisonment and six strokes of the rotan each yesterday.
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