Selling a rented car for RM2,400: Man charged
Published on: Friday, May 29, 2020
By: Jo Ann Mool
Kota Kinabalu: A 28-year-old man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court Thursday with cheating a woman of RM2,400 over a car sale.Mohd Najib Ahmad pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Stephanie Sherron Abbie to cheating one Ermah Jamirin by making her to believe that he sold a Perodua MyVi car to her, of which the vehicle was rented by him from another person, without the knowledge of the car’s owner.
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The charge stated that Najib’s alleged trick caused Ermah to give him RM2,400 cash and a handphone between early March and end of April this year.
Inspector Suzie @ Stephanie Kupit in applying for a mention date proposed bail at RM5,000.
The court set July 6 for pre-trial case management and released Najib on a bail of RM2,000 in two sureties.
Najib was charged under Section 420 of the Penal Code which carries a jail term of between one year and ten years, with whipping and liability of a fine on conviction.
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The charge under Section 8(1)(e) of the Minor Offences Ordinance provides for a RM25 fine or up to one week jail on conviction.
