SINGAPORE - A man who was on the run from the law for 20 years was sentenced on Friday (June 11) to an additional six months in jail for misleading an immigration officer and for missing a court hearing in 2000.

Siva Kumar Ramachandram, 46, fled to Malaysia after being convicted here of smuggling illegal immigrants out through the Woodlands Checkpoint, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said on Friday.