IPOH: A husband and wife were each sentenced to 15 months' jail and fined RM28,000 by the Sessions Court here Wednesday after they pleaded guilty to 28 counts of exploiting 19 children and teenagers into becoming beggars since 2016.
Muslim Ab Karim, 67, and Zaleha Mohamad, 55, who were detained on May 7 last year, were also ordered to serve one month's jail for each count if they failed to pay the fine.
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