ALOR STAR: Five men from Kuala Ketil, Baling were jailed five years each at the High Court here after they pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of kidnapping an 11-year-old boy in Baling four years ago.
R. Yuvaraj and K. Pubalan, both 25, M. Badmanathan, 27, S. Sankar, 29, and M. Vail Murugan, 24, were alleged to have kidnapped G. Subramanian with the intention of secretly and wrongfully confining him on Jan 18, 2000 at 6.30am in an open area near Taman Batu Pekaka, Kuala Ketil, Baling.