GEORGE TOWN: A couple was sentenced to life imprisonment by the High Court here Thursday, after being found guilty of kidnapping a nine-year-old boy for RM200,000 ransom, three years ago.
Lai Khan Mei, 35, and his female companion from China, Gao Bingju, 25, abducted and wrongfully confined the boy at a house in Taman Gemilang Ria in Bukit Mertajam near here at 5.30pm on Dec 19, 2009.
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