Fined for operating without licence

Kota Kinabalu: An entertainment outlet owner was fined RM3,500, in default one month’s jail, for operating the premises without a valid licence.

Simon Chee Ket Sing pleaded guilty before Magistrate Farrah Fariza Wan Ghazali after the charge was read to him.

He was found operating the unlicensed entertainment outlet at Glory Cafe in Kepayan Point at 11pm on July 18 this year.

The offence under Section 3 of the Public Entertainment Ordinance, punishable under Section 11 of the same Ordinance, carries a fine of up to RM50,000, imprisonment of up to one year, or both, upon conviction.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Esther Cynthia Jebon prosecuted the case.

In a separate case, a 27-year-old woman was fined RM1,200, in default two months’ imprisonment, for engaging in illegal gambling in a public place.

Magistrate Dzul Helmy Yunus imposed the sentence on Brenda Basil, who admitted to gambling illegally at 2.15pm on Oct 19 this year in front of Kedai Runcit CC at Lorong Cyber Square 1, Cyber Square Commercial Centre.

In another case before the same court, a 27-year-old man was sentenced to eight months’ jail for dishonestly concealing a stolen car battery.

Mohd Shahrunizal Hardi pleaded guilty to hiding the stolen battery in bushes near Jalan Bantayan, Inanam, at 4pm on Oct 22 this year.

He was ordered to serve the jail sentence from the date of his arrest.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Akaash Singh appeared for the prosecution.