KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian court on Monday jailed a Pakistani man for five years who was part of a group which kidnapped and robbed a South African diplomat two years ago. Arshad Mehmood Mohammed Shafi, 40, had pleaded guilty to theft, robbery and the abduction of Deputy High Commissioner Nicky Scholtz. The judge, Nursinah Adzmi, handed him three sentences totalling 14 years for the crimes, ordering the terms to run concurrently from the date of his arrest in June 2004, reported the state Bernama news agency. |