‘Curry powder’ escapees get seven-year jail terms


End of the road: Police escorting Hamzani (right) and Hissham out of the Butterworth Sessions Court.

BUTTERWORTH: Two men who escaped from police custody while being taken to court to be charged for gang robbery have been each jailed seven years and eight months.

Hamzani Harun, 38, and Hissham Abdul Rahman, 40, were each jailed for six years and sentenced to two strokes of the rotan for gang robbery.

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