Former Penang councillor gets three years’ jail, RM7,000 fine for molesting student


GEORGE TOWN: A former city councillor was sentenced to three years’ jail and a RM7,000 fine for molest at a Magistrate’s Court here on Tuesday (Nov 12).

However, L. Prem Anand, 52, who is a former aide to a DAP assemblyman, was granted a stay of execution pending an appeal by his lawyers.

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