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Article: Robber prefers to be whipped
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- New Straits Times
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- January 20, 2009
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New Straits Times
01-20-2009
Robber prefers to be whipped
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Main Section
KUALA LUMPUR: A chicken rice seller was willing to endure the pain of being whipped rather than serve a longer jail term.
At the Sessions Court yesterday, Loh Poh Meng, 40, in pleading for leniency told judge Zainal Abidin Kamarudin that he did not want to spend long years in jail as he had to take care of his sick grandmother and take her to hospital for dialysis every month.
"If you want to lessen your jail term, do you want to be whipped? Remember that it will leave scars for a lifetime," Zainal Abidin said.
"Yes, yes, sir. I want to reduce the jail term," said Loh.
Zainal Abidin ...