MT Orkim Harmony hijack: Two gets 18 years jail, six slapped with 15 years and 5 rotan strokes
KOTA TINGGI: Two Indonesians involved in the hijack of Malaysian tanker MT Orkim Harmony have been sentenced to 18 years jail each by the Sessions Court, while another six Indonesian men were sentenced to 15 years and five strokes each when they pleaded guilty to armed robbery here, today.
Judge Salawati Djambari passed the 18-year jail sentence to Ruslan, 63 and the leader of the gang, and Kurniawa, 52. Both were spared the cane due to their age.
Hendry Andaria, 40, Randy Aditya, 21, Anjas, 28, Jhon Danyel Despol, 37, Abner Loit, 29, and Fauji Adha, 28, were sentenced to 15 years jail and will be whipped for the offence. All of them pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 395 of the Penal Code read together with Section 397 of the Penal Code for armed and gang robbery with attempt to cause hurt or death, respectively.
Deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Abazafree Mohd Abbas prosecuted while the eight accused were unrepresented.
The offence was committed at 9pm on June 11 last year after the MT Orkim Harmony had left Sungai Udang jetty in Malacca at 9am to head to Tanjung Gelang Port in Kuantan, Pahang.
The eight were extradited from Vietnam and flown in via special chartered flight from Vietnam by a team from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), led by its director-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Puzi Ab Kahar.
The MT Orkim Harmony, which was lost in the waters about 23.5 nautical miles off Tanjung Sedili, Kota Tinggi in Johor, had 22 crew members on-board comprising 16 Malaysians, five Indonesians and a Myanmar national.
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