Kota Kinabalu: A 42-year-old Filipino was jailed 24 months, Friday, for having a fake MyKad.
Unemployed Mohamad Adzlan Said pleaded guilty before Jessica Ombou Kakayun to having the document bearing the serial number 811103-12-5769 under his name at 9.35am on March 16 at Sinsuran, here.
The charge under Section 25(1)(e) of the National Regulations 1990 (amended 2007) provides a jail term of up to three years or fine of up to RM20,000, or both, on conviction.
National Registration Department (NRD) prosecuting officer Mohd Naser Mohd Nadzeri informed the court that Adzlan was arrested during the BSK NRD Planned Operation in Sinsuran.
Adzlan’s both thumbprints were found not in the Department’s records and further check at the NRD Identification Card Division found that the MyKad number did not exist in the NRD system, the court heard.
Unrepresented Adzlan requested for a lenient sentence as he was unemployed and has eight children.
Adzlan was ordered to serve the sentence from the date of his arrest and to be referred to the Immigration Department thereafter.
In another case, a 24-year-old woman was fined RM800 or one month’s jail for engaging in online gambling.
Unemployed Shamira Shanti admitted to online gambling using a handphone at 11.45pm on March 8, this year at a premises in Beverly Hills Plaza, Jalan Bundusan, Penampang.
Inspector Suzie @ Stephanie Kupit, prosecuting, told the court that Shamira was arrested by police during “Ops Dadu” for conducting the activity.
Shamira was charged under Section 7(2) of the Common Gaming House Act, which provides for a fine of up to RM5,000 or up to six months’ jail, or both, on conviction.
Duty counsel Lim Ming Zoong @ Lawrence, representing Shamira, requested a lower fine.
In another case, a 49-year-old man who had fraudulently deposited RM6,000 into his bank account was fined RM100 or a day’s jail.
Md Najib Jaafar pleaded guilty before Magistrate Stephanie Sherron Abbie to having the money which was suspected to have been obtained fraudulently and that he failed to provide a satisfactory explanation on how he obtained it, in May 2017, here.
The offence under Section 22A(1) of the Minor Offences Ordinance provides a fine of up to RM100 or up to three months’ jail, or both, on conviction.
Najib who was represented by duty counsel Lim, applied for a lower fine.
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