Kota Kinabalu: A 24-year-old man from Johor who fraudulently had RM23,500 being deposited into his bank account last year was fined RM100 or three weeks’ jail on Monday.
Tey Yuan Qi pleaded guilty before Magistrate Lovely Natasha Charles to having the money belonging to one Wi Song Liong. Tey failed to give a satisfactory explanation on how he obtained them on April 28, 2021 at Public Bank, Lido, here.
Tey had committed an offence under Section 22A (1) of the Minor Offences Ordinance, which provides for a fine of up to RM100 or up to three months’ jail, or both, on conviction.
Earlier, the court was informed by the prosecution that the complainant, Wi, was contacted by an individual impersonating his friend, one Lim, through an unknown phone number and asked to borrow money to pay off the debt.
The complainant was deceived because the individual stated that the telephone number was a new one as his old telephone had been lost.
The complainant then transferred money in two transactions to a Public Bank account under Tey Yuan Qi’s name.
The complainant was also informed by his so-called friend that he would return the money to him later in the evening the same day, said the prosecution.
When the friend did not show up, Wi then went to his friend’s shop to ask for payment only to be told that his friend never contacted him for money.
The complainant then lodged a police report regarding the matter, the court heard.
Duty counsel Ashraaf Danial Zakaria, representing Tey, requested leniency on the grounds that he gave cooperation by coming all the way from Johor and had pleaded guilty in the first instance which saved the court time.
In another case, a 34-year-old man was charged with having a stolen item, two years ago.
Bong Wei Teck, who appeared before Magistrate Stephanie Sherron Abbie, pleaded not guilty to having a stolen CCTV recorder belonging to one Abd Jalil Salih at 6.30am on Oct 21, 2020.
The charge is framed under Section 411 of the Penal Code.
The court set Aug 4 for pre-trial case management and offered Bong bail at RM2,000 in two sureties.
Meanwhile, two men were penalised for having syabu.
Everius Emanuel was fined RM2,500 or nine months jail for having 0.04gm of syabu on May 18, this year at Kg Bahang, Penampang.
Jailon Dringgal, 49, was jailed 11 months for having 0.20gm of syabu at Inanam on April 4.
They were charged under Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952 provides for a fine of up to RM100,000 or up to five years jail or both on conviction.
Inspectors Kelvan Elson Maik and Suzie @ Stephanie Kupit prosecuted.
