Decades-long jail terms may be commonplace
When political cartoonist Zunar was slapped with nine sedition charges, his lawyers were criticised for exaggerating that he may be imprisoned for up 43 years.
This is because a sentence is, by default, meted out concurrently unless specified otherwise by the court.
For the rest of this story and more, subscribe for only RM150 a year. If you're already a subscriber, please sign in.
Sign in Subscribe now