Kota Kinabalu: A car salesman claimed trial at the Magistrate’s Court here Monday for cheating a man of RM1,902.
Lim Chi Kheong pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Jessica Ombou Kakayun to cheating the man, by deceiving him to deposit a monthly instalment payment of RM1,902 for a car into a bank account belonging to his wife.
The charge stated that the monthly payment was managed by Lim which should have been paid to KM Automart company.
Lim allegedly committed the offence on July 1, 2021 at a Public Bank branch here.
The charge under Section 417 of the Penal Code carries a jail term of up to five years or fine or both on conviction.
The court set Feb 16 for case management.
In another case, six people were penalised for drug-related offences.
Three of them Adzman Sali, Lum Kong Fui and Datu Mazlee Datu Azman pleaded guilty to having syabu.
Adzman was sentenced to 36 months jail for having 5.21gm of syabu on Sept 2, last year here, Lum was handed nine months jail for having 0.05gm of syabu on April 19, last year while Mazlee was fined RM2,600 or 12 months jail for having 0.20gm of syabu on Aug 23, the same year.
They were separately charged under Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952, which provides for a fine of up to RM100,000 or up to five years jail, or both on conviction.
The remaining three, Wan Reduan Din, Abdul Rasheed and Yusof Jamreh, admitted to taking syabu at separate locations between Dec 22, 2020 and May 24, 2021.
Reduan and Abdul were jailed six months each while Yusof received 12 months jail.
They had committed an offence under Section 15(1) of the Dangerous Drug Act provides for a fine of up to RM5,000 or up to two years jail on conviction.
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