Kota Kinabalu: A moneylending company manager was on Monday fined RM4,000 or 12 months jail by the Magistrate’s Court for keeping someone else’s MyKad.
Alvin Ho, 29, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Lovely Natasha Charles to having Ariel Yeremiah’s identity card without valid permission or reasonable cause at the BSJK Operational Intelligence Office of the police headquarters here at 3.50pm on Jan 4.
Ho had committed an offence under Section 25(1)(o) of the National Registration Regulations 1990 (Amended 2007), which carries a jail term of up to three years or fine of up to RM20,000 or both, on conviction.
Inspector Kelvan Elson Maik informed the court that on Oct 5, last year, Ariel, on behalf of his niece, applied for a loan from the company in Gaya Street and handed over the RM5,000 cash to his niece.
On Dec 6, the same year when Ariel was at his workplace, he was approached by the Lo who took his identity card and told him that it would only be returned to him when the loan is settled.
Ariel then lodged a police report.
Ho was arrested by police on Jan 4 and was found to have the complainant’s identity card and admitted to keeping it.
Ho requested leniency as he was remorseful and gave full cooperation to the police.
The prosecution applied for a deterrent sentence.
The court ordered the MyKad to be returned to its owner.
