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KOTA KINABALU: Two businessmen, including a 42-year-old Datuk, were sentenced by the High Court on Thursday to five and three years in prison respectively for their roles in the organised crime group “Geng Upik”.

Datuk Maslan Sani pleaded guilty to being a member of the group and was handed a five-year jail term, while Nelson Yen Yee Chung, 47, was sentenced to three years for assisting the group’s operations.

Both men were ordered to begin serving their sentences from their arrest dates in December 2023, with the court taking into account their early guilty pleas and genuine remorse.

The court heard that Maslan, identified as a key leader, coordinated the group’s drug trafficking activities from 2015 until his arrest in Penampang on Dec 25 last year.

Investigations followed a police intelligence report filed in November 2023, which led to the arrests of both accused for their involvement in the criminal network.