Woman ehailing driver, accomplice jailed 21 years for robbing passenger


KOTA KINABALU: A woman ehailing driver and another man were sentenced to a combined 21 years’ in jail by the Sessions Court for robbing a passenger in Tawau early this month.

Tawau Sessions Court Judge Awang Kerisnada Awang Mahmud sentenced Ziana Abdul Zain, 27, to a 10-year imprisonment while Hamzah Syed Hamid, 26, was given 11 years and six strokes of rotan.

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