IPOH: A Myanmar fisherman was today sentenced to a total of 36 years imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane by the High Court here for killing a fellow countryman and attempting to murder another friend three years ago.
Nai San Thein, 38, who pleaded guilty to both charges, was sentenced to 32 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for the murder charge and four years in jail for attempted murder.
Justice Abdul Wahab Mohamed ordered the sentences to run concurrently from the date of Nai’s arrest, April 6, 2020.
On the murder charge, Nai was charged with causing the death of a colleague by the name of Myint Soe by slashing his head with a machete on a boat at the side of Sungai Sumun Perak in Bagan Datuk between 11am and 11.45am on April 6, 2020.
He was also charged with attempting to murder another colleague, San Thien, at the same place and time.
During mitigation, his lawyer, Ranjit Singh requested that his client be exempted from the death penalty considering his guilty plea had saved the court time and costs and that the incident happened due to provocation by the victim.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Saifulakmal Mod Said. - FMT
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