Long Tiger jailed 12 months for fleeing police custody


TANGKAK: The Rohingya man known as Long Tiger, who escaped from police custody while waiting to be charged at the Magistrate’s Court here last month, was sentenced to a 12-month jail term for the offence by the same court.

Magistrate Zaridah Y. Abdul Jaapar handed down the sentence yesterday after Long Tiger, whose real name is Abdul Hamim Ab Hamid, pleaded guilty to the charge.

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