Edy Ko'im Said pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of abducting and confining the Palestinian man. (Pexels pic)PETALING JAYA: A construction worker previously charged with kidnapping a Palestinian man was sentenced to three years in prison by the Kuala Lumpur High Court today for abducting and confining the man at a chalet four years ago.
Justice Arief Emran Arifin imposed the sentence on Edy Ko'im Said, 46, after he pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of abducting and confining the man.
The court ordered the father of three to begin serving his prison sentence today, Bernama reported.
According to the alternative charge, Edy Ko'im was accused of forcibly abducting the 31-year-old victim with the intention of secretly and unlawfully confining him at 10.40pm on Sept 28, 2022.
