Foreigner gets 13 years, 3 strokes for slashing man with machete

KOTA KINABALU: An undocumented migrant who slashed a man

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with a machete at a pedestrian bridge was sentenced to 13 years' jail and

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three strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court today.

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It was learnt that the incident occurred out of jealousy.

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Judge Ummu Kalthom Abdul Samad meted out the sentence on Mohd Isa Ambarat

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@ Bayu, 22, after he pleaded guilty to voluntarily causing grievous hurt with a machete.

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The labourer committed the offence at a pedestrian bridge near a Public Bank branch in Putatan on May 18 at 6.30pm.

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The facts of the case stated that the incident occurred when the victim and his fiancée were about to return to a village in Putatan.

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The accused approached the victim and slashed him several times with a machete before fleeing.

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