Woman, 32, denies cheating another of RM28,000
Published on: Thursday, November 24, 2016
Kota Kinabalu: A 32-year-old self-employed woman was charged at the Magistrate's Court here Wednesday with cheating another woman of RM28,000 over a loan matter.Norhayati Arasid pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Jessica Ombou Kakayun to cheating one Suryani Yandangi, 55, into believing she could manage a loan for RM1.5 million which caused Suryani to give her cash in stages amounting to RM28,000.Norhayati allegedly committed the offence at 7pm on April 14 this year in a house at Taman Kolombong in Inanam.
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The court set Dec 6 for case management and offered Norhayati bail at RM3,000 in one surety.Earlier, counsel Farazwin Hexdy, representing Norhayati, requested for a lower sum of bail saying Norhayati, who is single and the eldest of 11 siblings, earned a living by helping her family sell dried shrimps.Norhayati was charged under Section 420 of the Penal Code which provides for a jail term of between one and 10 years, and whipping and fine, on conviction.In another case, two local teenagers, who admitted to having a stolen motorcycle, were placed on a good behaviour bond for two years.
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Jessica released Wan Mohd Zuhairi Wan Mokthar and Mohd Sarudin Saidin, both 18 and jobless, on a bail of RM2,000 in one surety each after going through the facts of the case as well as their social reports prepared by the Welfare Department.Zuhairi and Sarudin confessed to have had one Mohd Faisal Fendy Abdul Rahman's Honda at 2am on Oct 4 at the Penampang by-pass.
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