Two convicted escapees sentenced to eight months’ jail

Back in cuffs: Riki (right) and Haji being led to the Magistrate’s Court in Kulai yesterday. — Bernama

KULAI: Two convicted Indonesians who escaped while being transported to Ledang prison recently were sentenced to eight months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here.

Haji Samirudin, 36, and Riki Rinaldi, 40, pleaded guilty before magistrate Azureen Sahira Sauffee Afandi here yesterday.