Riki and Haji reportedly freed themselves from their handcuffs, kicked open the van’s back door, jumped out and ran off into an oil palm estate. theSun theSundaily crime Indonesian Johor PDRM
KULAI, April 17 -- Indonesians Riki Rinaldi, 40, and Haji Samirudin, 36, were sentenced to eight months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court today after pleading guilty to the charge of escaping from the custody of the authorities, last Tuesday. BERNAMAPIX: Two Indonesian men were sentenced to eight months in jail each by the Magistrate’s Court here today for escaping from the custody of the authority last Tuesday.
Riki and Haji were charged with intentionally escaping from the custody of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency , which had detained them legally under Section 56 of the Immigration Act 1959/63.The charge, under Section 224 of the Penal Code, carries a jail term of up two years or a fine or both, upon conviction.
On Wednesday, Kulai police chief Supt Tok Beng Yeow was reported to have said that the two men were among four offenders being taken to the Ledang Prison by three MMEA personnel after being sentenced to six months’ jail by the Kota Tinggi Sessions Court for immigration offences.
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