An Indonesian man found himself on the receiving end of a staggering BND24,900,000 fine and a 13-month-and-two-week jail sentence, along with three whippings for possessing smuggled cigarettes and violating immigration laws.
Sumardi, 40, was convicted of possessing a large cache of smuggled cigarettes and pleaded guilty to several breaches of immigration laws.
Failure to pay the fine would result in an additional three years behind bars for the foreigner.
-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin