Raya blessing: Longest-serving prisoner receives royal pardon


TAIPING: After spending 40 years in jail, Jamil Arshad will forever cherish the date March 22 - when he received a royal pardon from Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar.

The period behind bars made Jamil, 63, the longest-serving prisoner in the country, and he returned to his hometown in Kampung Guang, Keliwang, Sembawa in Indonesia on Tuesday (April 18).

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