TANGKAK: Abdul Hamim Ab Hamid, a Rohingya man who is also known as Long Tiger, was today sentenced to 12 months in jail for escaping from police custody.
Magistrate Zaridah Y Abdul Jaapar handed down the sentence after Hamim, 33, pleaded guilty to the charge.
Zaridah also ordered the man to serve the sentence at the Kluang Prison from the day of his arrest on Dec 28.
According to the charge sheet, Hamim escaped from police custody after being arrested for an offence under Section 388 of the Penal Code for extortion.
He escaped through the main gate of the court here at 11.55am on Dec 15 while waiting for his case to begin at the court and was rearrested in Sungai Petani, Kedah, on Dec 28.
Johor prosecution director Tengku Amir Zaki Abdul Rahman and deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Qaiyum Rahman appeared for the prosecution, while the accused was represented by Freda Josephine Gonzales and Muhammad Hariz Md Yusoff.
The court set Feb 14 and 16 for retention of his other cases under Section 388, Section 506 (murder threat) and Section 342 (wrongful confinement) of the Penal Code. - FMT
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