Kota Kinabalu: A 32-year-old man was sentenced to five years and three months in jail for having three fake RM100 notes, using fake notes to make payments and having equipment to process fake notes.
Sessions Court Judge Elsie Primus meted out the sentence to Ridhwan Aiman Yahya who pleaded guilty to all the four charges against him.
On the first count, Ridhwan was jailed a year for having three RM100 fake notes with similar serial numbers – DC0433026 at 9.15am on Oct 13, 2021 at a house in Kuala Manggatal Phase 1, Sepanggar, near here.
The offence under Section 489C of the Penal Code carries a jail term of up to ten years, on conviction.
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For this offence, Ridhwan was charged under Section489D of the Penal Code which provides for a jail term of up to 20 years and liability to a fine, on conviction.
On the third count, Ridhwan was sent to prison for another one year for using fake RM100 notes to make payment for goods at 8pm on Oct 10, 2021 at Kedai Runcit Baz & 6Eleven Sdn Bhd in Taman Putera Jaya, Telipok.
On the fourth count, he was jailed another 15 months for using fake RM100 to buy food on Oct 12, 2021 at the Restoran Shahir, in Telipok.
The court ordered Ridhwan to serve the jail sentence from the date of his conviction.
Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Tham Pou Jin and DPP Jessica Ombou Kakayun prosecuted.
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