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Malaysia: Indon cabbie gets 8 years' jail, 10 strokes
The Sun Daily Monday 10 May 2010 Justice Dr Badariah Sahamid ordered the sentence on Irfan Putih, 35, from Acheh, to run from the date of his arrest on Feb 25, 2005. Irfan pleaded guilty to committing the offence at the main road, Taman Kota Cheras, 9th Mile Kajang at 6.30pm on Feb 25, 2005. He was originally charged with trafficking, which carries the mandatory death sentence, but pleaded guilty yesterday after the charge was reduced to one of possession. The court was told that the drug was found near the footrest on the driver's side of the taxi which he was driving when police stopped him by the roadside that day. In mitigation, his counsel, Gurubachan Singh Johal, asked for a lighter sentence of six-and-a-half to seven years because Irfan was a first offender, was very remorseful for what he had done and his plea of guilt had saved the court valuable time and costs. Counsel said Irfan had suffered enough hardship since fleeing Acheh to come to Malaysia in 2000 as he feared for his life after his father was killed by the Indonesian army. His wife left him and asked for a divorce when he was remanded and his two daughters were now cared for by his 70-year-old mother in Acheh, Gurubachan Singh said. Deputy public prosecutor Zainal Azwar Kamaruddin, however, asked the court to take into account the public interest and the effect of drug abuse in this country and mete out a deterrent sentence. Dr Badariah said the court took in account all the mitigating factors but at the same time it must also consider the public interest and the sentence must give a strong message to the accused and other would-be offenders. -- Bernama http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=46626
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