Kota Kinabalu: A 32-year-old man charged with four counts of having three fake RM100 notes, using fake notes to make payments and having equipment to process fake notes, will have his case mentioned on March 17 this year.
Sessions Court Judge Elsie Primus set the date for Ridhwan Aiman Yahya when the defence informed the court that they will submit a plea bargaining for the case.
During the proceedings, all documents have been served to Ridhwan.
On the first count, Ridhwan is accused of having three fake notes of RM100 with similar serial numbers – DC0433026 at 9.15am on Oct 13, 2021 at a house in Kuala Manggatal Phase 1, Sepanggar, near here.
The offence under Section 489C of the Penal Code carries a jail term of up to ten years, on conviction.
On the second count, he allegedly had equipment to process the fake notes at 9.15am on Oct 13, 2021 at the same place.
For this offence, Ridhwan was charged under Section489D of the Penal Code which provides for a jail term of up to 20 years and liability to a fine, on conviction.
On the third to fourth counts, Ridhwan is accused of using the fake notes to make payments for petrol, food and goods on Sept 13, Oct 10 and Oct 12, 2021 at different places at Shell petrol station in Kg Air, Restoran Shahir, in Telipok and Kedai Runcit Baz & 6Eleven Sdn Bhd in Taman Putera Jaya, Telipok.
The offence, under Section 489B of the Penal Code, carries a jail term of up to 20 years and liability to a fine, on conviction.
