Ex-driver, cook jailed 5 years for confining sales engineer
Duo plead guilty to reduced charge after being accused of kidnap to obtain RM1.12 million ransom.
In a Kuala Lumpur court, a former e-hailing driver and a former cook were each sentenced to five years in prison for the wrongful confinement of a sales engineer three years ago. Judge Noor Ruwena Nurdin advised the convicted individuals to avoid associating with the "wrong group of friends," stating that the prison term should serve as a lesson to them.
The incident occurred on April 29, 2023, at Jalan Mesra Ria in Bandar Sri Petaling, with the duo kidnapping Lau Jia Kin with the intention of secretly and wrongfully confining the victim. Wong Guo Song, 36, and Yong Zi Hui, 28, pleaded guilty to an alternative charge under Section 365 of the Penal Code. The court ordered their sentences to commence from their arrest dates in 2023.
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