PUTRAJAYA: A former bank manager is challenging the whipping sentence imposed on him for criminal breach of trust which he claimed was unconstitutional as it discriminated against the male gender.
Azlan Alias, 49, who was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and three strokes of the rotan by the Kota Baru Magistrates Court six years ago, wants the Appellate Court to review his case on that ground.
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