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More than 40% of the people in Malaysian prisons have not been convicted of any crime yet they can spend months, sometimes years, behind bars awaiting a trial.
KUALA LUMPUR: Cigarette smugglers should face harsher legal action in a bid to deter such activities, says JT International Bhd general manager Khoo Beng Lee.
KOTA BHARU: A police corporal was charged in the Sessions Court here on Monday (Feb 13) with two counts of smuggling 29 Myanmar migrants last January.
Corporal allegedly brought migrants into Kota Baru in January.
‘Some are held in custody for years before being produced in court.’