Kota Kinabalu: A 26-year-old man was fined RM5,000 or six months’ jail by the Traffic Court here for displaying a false vehicle registration number, nine months ago.
Mohd Asyraaf Akmal pleaded guilty before Magistrate Dzul Elmy Yunus to displaying a registration plate on a Perodua Viva driven by him, which did not belong to the vehicle, on March 16, this year, at 12.35am along Jalan Tun Fuad Stephens in front of the City Mosque.
The offence under Section 108(3)(f) of the Road Transport Act 1987, punishable under the same Act, provides for a fine of between RM5,000 and RM10,000 or a jail term of between one year and five years, or both, on conviction.
Prosecuting officer Inspector Irriansyah Abu Bakar informed the court that on the said day, a police team was conducting Ops Samseng Jalanan along Jalan Tun Fuad Stephens when they stopped a Perodua Viva driven by Asyraaf.
Checks through the MCAD system revealed that the registration number displayed on the vehicle did not belong to it and was registered to a different vehicle model.
Further inspection of the chassis number showed that it was registered to another owner with a different original registration.
Asyraaf and the vehicle were subsequently brought to the Kota Kinabalu Traffic Police Office for further action.
In another case, a 29-year-old woman was ordered to pay a fine of RM100 or seven days’ jail for failing to explain a cash deposit into her bank account five years ago.
Norzaimah Roslan, who appeared before Magistrate Dzul, pleaded guilty to having RM3,000 in her Maybank account that she failed to provide a reasonable explanation as to how the money was acquired, on Sept 4, 2020, at 10.16pm, in Penampang.
She was charged under Section 22A(1) of the Minor Offences Ordinance (Sabah Cap 80), which carries a maximum penalty of a RM100 fine, three months’ jail, or both.
Traffic Inspector Mohamad Hamidi Mohamad Hamzah, prosecuting, informed the court that the complainant received a text message offering a loan from a company and was interested in borrowing RM30,000, and the complainant sent personal documents via WhatsApp.
Following discussions, the complainant transferred RM4,900 into three separate bank accounts, of which one was a Maybank account in the name of Norzaimah Roslan.
However, the complainant never received the promised loan.
