Kota Kinabalu: A 44-year-old man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here with cheating a man over the rental of an apartment.
Wong Vun Kong pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Marilyn Kelvin to cheating Arbah Tuin into believing that he was the owner of a unit at Beverly Hills Apartment which he claimed was available for rent.
AdvertisementWong allegedly fraudulently induced Arbah to transfer RM1,275 into his BSN Bank account, the charge stated.
The offence allegedly took place on Jan 31, 2023, at a unit at Phase 2 of Beverly Hills Apartment, in Penampang.
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Marilyn fixed Feb 20 for a pre-trial case management and released Wong on a bail of RM1,700 in two sureties.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});In another case, an undocumented Filipino was sentenced to eight months’ jail for having a stolen motorcycle.
Undocumented Jesbir Rasmin, 32, pleaded guilty to keeping the stolen Modenas Kriss motorcycle belonging to Md Anuar Jamaludin on April 29, this year, at 12.20pm at the Public Park 2, Likas Bay, here.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});Jesbir had committed an offence under Section 411 of the Penal Code which carries a jail term of up between six months and five years or with fine or both, on conviction.
Unrepresented, Jesbir requested for a lenient sentence while the prosecution applied an adequate sentence.
The court ordered Jesbir to be referred to the Immigration Department after serving his sentence.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Yuvan Bharathan prosecuted.