5 charged over kidnapping

GEORGE TOWN: Five men were charged yesterday in the magistrate’s court with kidnapping a 60-year-old money changer last month.

Mohamad Sultan Ahmad Kabil, 37, M. Ashogan, 33, T. Shasitaran, 32, Ong San Chia, 31, and Yeoh Shyh Ming, 27, were accused of committing the offence at Jalan Rumbia on Sept 28. The charge for abduction and wrongful confinement under the Kidnapping Act 1961 carries the death penalty.