Jobless man gets 12-year jail sentence, 11 strokes of the cane for robbery


KOTA KINABALU: A jobless man was sentenced to 12 years in jail and also ordered to be given 11 strokes of the rotan by the Sessions Court for robbing an elderly person in Sabah’s east coast Tawau district.

Arip Tarip, 31, an Indonesian, pleaded guilty to the crime, which took place last September, when the charge was read to him in front of Judge Awang Kerisnada Awang Mahmud on Wednesday (Nov 9).

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