Sandakan man gets five years jail, whipping for carrying knife


KOTA KINABALU: An unemployed local man was sentenced to five years in prison by the Sandakan Sessions Court for carrying a 23cm knife at a health complex last week.

Judge Zaini Fishir @ Fisal handed down the sentence to Iwan Tumin, 27, on Wednesday (Nov 27) after he pleaded guilty to the offence committed at the parking lot of a health complex at Mile 7, Labuk Road, at 12.05pm on Nov 19. The judge also ordered him to be whipped once.

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