Motoring influencer ‘Ija’, brother jailed a month over faked disappearance, car dumped in river

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25 Jul 2025 • 3:56 PM MYT
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By: Ben Tan, FMT

Muar: An automotive influencer and his younger brother were each sentenced to a month’s jail and fined RM1,500 by the Magistrate’s Court here today for filing a false police report last week about the former’s disappearance.

Magistrate Suzana Mokhtar handed down the sentence after both accused, Tengku Nizaruddin Tengku Zainudin, 38, and his brother, Tengku Abdul Aziz, 30, pleaded guilty to their charges.

According to the charge, Tengku Nizaruddin, popularly known on Facebook as “Ija,” was accused of abetting his brother by instructing him to provide false information to a police officer regarding his disappearance.

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An automotive influencer and his younger brother were each sentenced to a month’s jail and fined RM1,500 by the Magistrate’s Court here today for filing a false police report last week about the former’s disappearance.

Magistrate Suzana Mokhtar handed down the sentence after both accused, Tengku Nizaruddin Tengku Zainudin, 38, and his brother, Tengku Abdul Aziz, 30, pleaded guilty to their charges.

According to the charge, Tengku Nizaruddin, popularly known on Facebook as “Ija,” was accused of abetting his brother by instructing him to provide false information to a police officer regarding his disappearance.

Tengku Abdul Aziz was accused of lodging the false report at the Lenga police station’s enquiry office at 11.38 pm on July 15.