Abdul Waris Abdul Aziz.
GEORGE TOWN: A Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) worker, who was charged with snatching the handbag of a Chinese national in Love Lane here last year, was sentenced to five years jail and 10 strokes of the rotan after he changed his plea to guilty at the Sessions Court here.
Abdul Waris Abdul Aziz, 33, had earlier claimed trial on July 12 last year to robbing tourist Dai Qi, 41, at 9.19pm on July 2, 2013.
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