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After serving a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence for catching fish weighing 20kg in Indonesian waters, Malaysian fisherman Ibrahim @ Awang Pa Deraman from Pantai Remis, Perak was finally released from a prison in Medan, North Sumatra, last Saturday.
His release was earlier than the four-year sentence meted out, possible only after the Consulate-General of Malaysia in Medan obtained approval for his remission from the Indonesian authorities. |
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Ibrahim, 58, who originated from Bachok, Kelantan, was sentenced to three years and six months in jail by a court in Medan in 2009 and a fine of Rp2 billion (RM700,000) or additional six months in jail, after he was found guilty of catching 20kg of fish in Indonesian territorial waters on Jan 25, 2009.
It is said that the area was part of the Malaysia-Indonesia maritime boundaries which have not been resolved. |
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