Kota Kinabalu: An undocumented woman was sentenced to four months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here for having a fake identity card.
Jamilah Akrim, 55, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Dzul Elmy Yunus to having the fake plastic identity card under her name at the Sabah National Registration Department’s Identity Card Division at about 11.30am on Sept 10.
Jamilah was charged under Regulation 25(1)(e) of the National Registration Regulations 1990 (Amendment 2007), which provides for a jail term of up to three years or a fine of up to RM20,000, or both, on conviction.
The court heard from the prosecution that Jamilah had gone to the Identity Card Division at about 11am to enquire about and replace her identity card.
However, an initial check found that the identity card bearing the number H0976233 in her name did not exist in the National Registration Department’s records.
She was arrested at 11.30am on suspicion of having a fake identity card.
Further checks on her fingerprints found that neither thumbprint matched any record in the department’s database.
A check by the department’s Identity Card Division Records Unit also found that the identity card number did not correspond to any existing record.
The birth certificate number printed on the identity card was then referred to the department’s Births, Deaths and Adoptions Division for verification.
The check found that the birth registration number belonged to another individual.
Dzul ordered Jamilah to serve the sentence from the date of her arrest and to be referred to the Immigration Department thereafter.
In another case, a 29-year-old woman was fined RM1,300 or two months’ jail for purchasing four public lottery tickets without a licence.
Rozana Abraham pleaded guilty to committing the offence in front of a premises at Dataran Pomoi, Putatan, Penampang, at 2.10pm, on July 22.
She was charged under Section 9(1) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, which provides for a fine of up to RM5,000 or imprisonment for up to six months, or both, on conviction.
The court heard from the prosecution that a police team had conducted an operation at the premises as part of “Op Dadu”.
A woman, later identifed as Rozana, was detained and a thorough body search was then conducted, resulting in the seizure of several items used in an unlicensed Wahui gambling operation.
Rozana was then arrested.
