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Barnama
9 hours ago
- Barnama
Court Extends Remand Order For Couple Involved In Sibu Drug Trafficking Case
SIBU, June 20 (Bernama) -- Sibu Magistrate's Court today granted an extension of the remand for a husband and wife recently arrested for allegedly masterminding a drug trafficking syndicate around Sibu. Magistrate Oon Kork Chern allowed the 52-year-old male suspect to be remanded for seven days, while the 44-year-old female suspect would be remanded for four days to assist investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. Previously, both suspects had been remanded for seven days, which ended today.


The Star
12 hours ago
- The Star
Food delivery rider gets year's jail, one stroke for mobile phone loan fraud
KUALA LUMPUR: The Magistrate's Court on Friday (June 20) sentenced a food delivery rider to one year's jail and ordered him to be given one stroke of the cane after he pleaded guilty to abetting in defrauding a woman over a loan application for a mobile phone, four months ago. Magistrate Illi Marisqa Khalizan ordered Salman Abdullah, 31, to start serving his sentence from Friday. Salman admitted to abetting a 32-year-old woman in deceiving a credit assessment officer into approving a loan application worth RM8,329 to obtain a mobile phone from a mobile phone distribution company by submitting a fake salary slip from a non-existent company and using a forged Malaysian identity card at a shopping mall on Feb 1. Deputy public prosecutor Syafika Azwa Fikri asked the court to impose a deterrent sentence, but counsel Edwin Tomas pleaded for leniency, saying that his client has no fixed income and has to support four young children. – Bernama

Barnama
12 hours ago
- Barnama
Food Delivery Rider Gets Year's Jail, One Stroke For Mobile Phone Loan Fraud
KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- The Magistrate's Court today sentenced a food delivery rider to one year's jail and ordered him to be given one stroke of the cane after he pleaded guilty to abetting in defrauding a woman over a loan application for a mobile phone, four months ago. Magistrate Illi Marisqa Khalizan ordered Salman Abdullah, 31, to start serving his sentence from today. Salman admitted to abetting a 32-year-old woman in deceiving a credit assessment officer into approving a loan application worth RM8,329 to obtain a mobile phone from a mobile phone distribution company by submitting a fake salary slip from a non-existent company and using a forged Malaysian identity card at a shopping mall on Feb 1.


The Sun
12 hours ago
- The Sun
Food delivery rider jailed for loan fraud, gets cane
KUALA LUMPUR: The Magistrate's Court today sentenced a food delivery rider to one year's jail and ordered him to be given one stroke of the cane after he pleaded guilty to abetting in defrauding a woman over a loan application for a mobile phone, four months ago. Magistrate Illi Marisqa Khalizan ordered Salman Abdullah, 31, to start serving his sentence from today. Salman admitted to abetting a 32-year-old woman in deceiving a credit assessment officer into approving a loan application worth RM8,329 to obtain a mobile phone from a mobile phone distribution company by submitting a fake salary slip from a non-existent company and using a forged Malaysian identity card at a shopping mall on Feb 1. DPP Syafika Azwa Fikri asked the court to impose a deterrent sentence, but counsel Edwin Tomas pleaded for leniency, saying that his client has no fixed income and has to support four young children.


The Sun
12 hours ago
- The Sun
Food delivery rider gets year's jail, one stroke for mobile phone loan fraud
KUALA LUMPUR: The Magistrate's Court today sentenced a food delivery rider to one year's jail and ordered him to be given one stroke of the cane after he pleaded guilty to abetting in defrauding a woman over a loan application for a mobile phone, four months ago. Magistrate Illi Marisqa Khalizan ordered Salman Abdullah, 31, to start serving his sentence from today. Salman admitted to abetting a 32-year-old woman in deceiving a credit assessment officer into approving a loan application worth RM8,329 to obtain a mobile phone from a mobile phone distribution company by submitting a fake salary slip from a non-existent company and using a forged Malaysian identity card at a shopping mall on Feb 1. DPP Syafika Azwa Fikri asked the court to impose a deterrent sentence, but counsel Edwin Tomas pleaded for leniency, saying that his client has no fixed income and has to support four young children.