Law catches up with M'sian fugitive after 20 years on the run

A 46-year-old Malaysian who was on the run for more than 20 years was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment with effect from the expiry of his existing sentence meted out in 1999, for offences punishable under Singapore's Immigration Act and the Penal Code.

Singapore Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) in its website said R Siva Kumar was arrested with the help of the MACC on March 4 last year and brought back to serve his sentence for immigration offences he committed in Singapore in 1999...