Mr Chua lost his left little finger in the attack and his left hand was almost severed although it was re-attached successfully by surgery. Last month, District Judge Syed Alwee sentenced 11 of Koh's accomplices to between one and three years' jail plus four to six strokes of the cane. The judge said that caning would be ordered in cases where the victim or victims were injured seriously. Three others were dealt with earlier. The maximum penalty for rioting while armed with a weapon likely to cause death is seven years' jail and caning.
Simple rioting is punishable with up to five years' jail and caning.
Only thing you can consider fortunate to yourself is that the prosecution has gone on 14.99 g or otherwise, having been convicted of such an offence, it carries the death sentence. That's something she may have to wait for a long, long time. Sharifpudin Mohamad and his girlfriend, Rafidah Kamilan, were caught with 23.87g of heroin on Jan 2 this year. But he was charged with trafficking only 14.99g. The law states that those who traffick in 15 g or more of heroin must hang.