Man gets life sentence, whipping in Sibu for drug trafficking


SIBU: A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane by the High Court here for drug trafficking.

Justice Christopher Chin passed the sentence on Wednesday (March 15) after finding Wee Ee Kai, 28, guilty of trafficking 695.63g of methamphetamine at about noon on June 19, 2020, at a courier company in Jalan Tun Abang Hj Openg.

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