Kota Kinabalu:
An Indonesian was sentenced to four years’ jail on two counts of using two fake RM100 notes to buy reload coupons.Sessions Court Judge Azreena Aziz handed the sentence to Alun Pamus who changed his plea and pleaded guilty to the charge against him. On the first count, Alun was sent to prison for two years for using the fake RM100 notes bearing serial number AE3710449 to buy RM10 reload coupon at 4.30pm on Dec 1, 2019 at Chan Enterprise mobile shop in Membakut, Beaufort.
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On the second count, he was sentenced another two years jail for using another fake RM100 notes bearing serial number AX8481297 to buy RM10 and RM50 reload coupons at 4.52pm on Dec 2, 2019 at Kedai Safa and Bilal Enterprise Membakut in Beaufort. The offence under Section 489 of the Penal Code carries a jail term of up to 20 years, and fine, on conviction. The court ordered Alun to serve the jail sentence consecutively from the date of his arrest on Dec 5, 2019.
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After completing his jail sentence, Alun was ordered referred to the Immigration Department. During mitigation, counsel Mohd Luqman Syazwan who defended Alun on pro-bono basis, asked for a lenient sentence saying that Alun had repented his wrongdoing and that it was Alun’s first offence. Luqman said Alun was the breadwinner of his family with an income between RM600 and RM800. However, Deputy Public Prosecutor Siti Amirah Muhammad Ali urged the court to impose a deterrent sentence on the grounds that Alun had committed a serious offence in which he had used fake notes as genuine.
