Two escape gallows, get jail instead for drug possession

PUTRAJAYA: Two men escaped the hangman's noose on Thursday (Sept 7) after their drug trafficking charges were reduced to possession.

Chow Kum Yuen, 37, was sentenced to 18 years in jail and 20 strokes of the cane, while S. Inthiran, 31, was given a 12-year prison term and 10 strokes of the cane after they pleaded guilty before the Federal Court’s three-member panel of judges to the drug possession charges.