Peruvian jailed for shoplifting

[notto]

UALA LUMPUR: A Peruvian was jailed six months for shoplifting at a department store.
Jose Antonio Garcia, a 29-year-old businessman, admitted to stealing seven T-shirts, a shirt and a set of bed sheets from the store located at a mall in Sri Petaling on Sept 5.
He also pleaded guilty to a charge accusing him of entering Malaysia without a valid pass.
Magistrate Ahmad Solihin Abd Wahid sentenced Garcia to six months' jail on the shoplifting charge and three months' jail with a stroke of the whip for the illegal entry charge.




http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/31/courts/19328026&sec=courts

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

Magistrate Ahmad Solihin Abd Wahid sentenced Garcia to six months' jail on the shoplifting charge and three months' jail with a stroke of the whip for the illegal entry charge.

Approves!

 

[clarksided]

I saw Devo on disney channel the other day. Awfully shocking.

 

[simplicity]

I wouldn't think a case like this would actually make the news. He seems to be finding himself in jail quite a bit. I am not sure why he chose to go to Malaysia. Perhaps there is an underlying reason why the jail sentences are so long.