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Teen charged with having syabu
Published on: Tuesday, October 20, 2020
By: Jo Ann Mool
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Teen charged with having syabu
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Kota Kinabalu: A teenage boy was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here Monday with having syabu.

No plea was recorded from the 17-year-old accused after he was informed by the court of the charge against him, where the net weight was not obtained as the chemist’s report is not available.

He was charged under Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which provides for a fine of up to RM100,000 or up to five years jail or both on conviction.

Inspector Lim Swee Beng applied for another mention date pending the accused’s probation report and proposed bail at RM4,000 with his parents as sureties.

Duty counsel Lim Ming Zoong @ Lawrence, applied for a lower bail.

Magistrate Stephanie Sherron Abbie fixed Dec 17 for mention of the case at the Court for Children pending a chemist’s report and released the accused on a bail of RM1,000 undeposited with his mother as surety.

Meanwhile, the case of a 34-year-old typist charged with cheating 127 people of RM5,334 has been rescheduled to Nov 4 for mention to fix new trial date.

Rohani Mohd Ismail was supposedly stand for two days trial but her case has been adjourned due to the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO).

She allegedly committed the offence at 2.30pm on Nov 22, 2018 at the Areney Enterprise, Jalan Haji Yaakob in Kg Air here.

The charge stated that Rohani allegedly typed 127 letters addressed to a former Deputy Home Minister to apply for support to approve entry permit registrations and MyPR cards.

The charge also stated that Rohani allegedly deceived the people by making them to believe that such application letter could convert IMM13 document to MyPR which induced the alleged victims to pay her RM42 for each application.

According to the charge, Rohani allegedly obtained a total of RM5,334 from the 127 people on that day.

Rohani had on June 11, 2019 claimed trial to the charge under Section 420 of the Penal Code provides for a jail term of between one and 10 years, and whipping and fine, upon conviction.





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