Kota Kinabalu: Two people were fined a total of RM2,800 by the Magistrate Court, Friday, for engaging in gambling activities.
Dyg Masriate Abdullah and Erica Francis, both 19, pleaded guilty separately before Magistrates Lovely Natasha Charles and Stephanie Sherron Abbie.
Masriate was fined RM1,800 or two months jail for engaging in online gambling using a handphone at 7.47pm on March 2 at Blok A, Inanam Taipan.
Erica was fined RM1,000 or a month’s jail for having four slips of illegal lotteries at 3.40pm on Jan 22, at the open area in Donggongon.
The court was informed by the prosecution that Masriate was detained by police during a raid at the said place after she was seen engaging in Mega888 online gambling.
Erica was arrested by police during Ops Dadu at the said place after she was found having gambling paraphernalia, including a mobile printer, a handphone and RM65 in cash.
Masriate was charged under Section 7(2) of the Common Gaming House Act while Erica was charged under Section 9(1) of the same Act which each provides for a fine of up to RM5,000 or up to six months jail or both, on conviction.
Both Masriate and Erica requested a lenient sentence.
In another case, a 26-year-old woman was charged with dealing in gaming machines.
Dellyiana Gosopok pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Lovely to committing the offence at Taman Cempaka, here, at 3.30pm on Feb 24.
The charge under Section 4B of the Common Gaming House Act 1953 carries a fine of between RM20,000 and RM100,000 for every gaming machine seized and a jail term of up to five years, on conviction.
Inspector Kelvan Elson Maik prosecuting proposed bail at RM3,000.
Dellyiana, who was not represented, requested a lower bail amount as she is unemployed.
Lovely set April 25 for case management and released the accused on a bail of RM2,000 in two sureties.
Meanwhile, a man, who fraudulently had RM3,788 deposited into his bank account two years ago, was fined RM100 or three weeks jail.
Amirrul Taib pleaded guilty to having the money belonging to Chang Shaw Horng, in his Maybank account, in which he failed to give a satisfactory explanation as to how he obtained them at 7.16pm on July 14, 2022.
The offence under Section 22A (1) of the Minor Offences Ordinance, provides a fine of up to RM100 or up to three months jail or both, on conviction.
