MAPUTO, March 22 — Chabane Assuba, a Mozambican poacher, was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday after he was convicted of committing crimes against animals protected by law, Xinhua quoted Mozambique's national Radio Mozambique report.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 26 — A father of five escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal here today commuted the sentence to 30 years jail and 12 strokes of the rotan for his wife's murder five years ago.

SHAH ALAM, Dec 7 — A former Information Technology employee was sentenced to 16 years in prison by the High Court here today, for causing the death of bank manager Syed Muhammad Danial Syed Shakir at the Kuala Lumpur-Seremban bound North-South Highway (PLUS) in a road rage incident four years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — The Malaysian government are hoping that the Madrid Court will, on December 11, sentence Spanish arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa, who is facing charges for “unqualified professional practice” after her controversially ordered Malaysia to pay USD14.92 billion to self-proclaimed heirs of the defunct Sulu Sultanate.

MELAKA, May 16 — A man was sentenced to 263 years in prison and 20 lashes after pleading guilty at the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court here yesterday to 32 charges of committing sexual crimes against his now 16-year-old stepdaughter, over the past three years.

AMSTERDAM, April 20 — The District Court of The Hague does not plan to pronounce sentences on the defendants in the MH17 crash case before the end of the year, as much work remains to be done, Sputnik quoted judge Maria Kneif as saying in an interview with RIA Novosti.