If convicted under Section 393 of the Penal Code, Tan Kah Seng and Tan Chien Ann face up to seven years' imprisonment and a fine, while Section 397 provides for a maximum 14 years in prison and whipping. (File pic)KUALA LUMPUR: Two friends claimed trial at the sessions court here today to attempting to rob a jewellery supplier of some RM8 million worth of jewellery last month.

Salesman Tan Kah Seng, 35, and mechanic Tan Chien Ann, 30, are jointly charged with attempting to rob Toung Zheng Fay, 30, of three bags containing various types of jewellery worth an estimated RM8.2 million.

They allegedly committed the offence while armed with a parang in front of a hotel in Brickfields here at about 10am on Oct 14.