CORONAVIRUS | This is reflected in the written judgement after the High Court revised the sentence earlier this month.
CORONAVIRUS | The Taiping High Court had earlier this month revised the sentence ordering the incarceration of two down on luck men wanting to fish for food during the movement control order as it was too “harsh and severely excessive”.
As such the court has on April 8 sentenced Chin Chee Wei and Chong Poh Wah from Sungai Siput, Perak, to three months of community service for four hours each day, instead.
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