High Court throws out Rohingya refugees' caning penalty for illegal entry


Bede Hong

THE Alor Setar High Court withdrew a caning sentence today for 27 Rohingya refugees who were to receive three strokes of the rotan for illegal entry.

Justice Arik Sanusi allowed a revision application to set aside the whipping sentence imposed by the magistrate court on June 23. 


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