Man gets five months' jail for harbouring ‘Long Tiger’


SUNGAI PETANI: The Magistrate's Court here on Sunday (Jan 9) sentenced a man to five months in jail for harbouring an offender, Abdul Hamim Ab Hamid or known as "Long Tiger", who escaped from Tangkak Court, Johor in December last year.

Magistrate Nurul Ainna Ahmad meted out the punishment to self-employed Rusli Mat, 47, after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

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