Whipping sentences must be dealt out consecutively, apex court rules


PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court ruled in a majority decision that whipping sentences should be imposed consecutively on offenders convicted of multiple offences.

The decision was delivered Friday (Oct 4) by a three-judge panel comprising Justices Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan, Datuk Rhodzariah Bujang, and Court of Appeal judge Datuk Abu Bakar Jais in the case of lorry attendant M. Santanasamy, convicted on three counts of drug possession.

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