Rubber tapper gets eight years jail, RM3,000 fine for attempted murder

KUALA KANGSAR: A rubber tapper was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment and fined RM3,000 by the Sessions Court here on Wednesday (Oct 25) for attempting to kill a policeman last week.

Judge Rohaida Ishak ordered the man, Mohamad Saidi Che Omar, 31, to serve the jail sentence from the date of his arrest and to serve another five months if he failed to pay the fine after he pleaded guilty to the charge.