KUCHING: A woman from Penang was sentenced to a one-year good behaviour bond by the Magistrates’ Court here on Monday (Jan 30) for illegally having RM200 in her account two years ago.
Lee Xiang Chen, 32, pleaded guilty after two charges under Section 37(1) of the Sarawak Minor Offences Ordinance 1958 were read before magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali.
According to both charges, she committed the offence at a bank in Jalan Sekama between 8.36pm and 8.46pm on May 18, 2021.
If found guilty, she faces up to three months in jail and a RM500 fine.
According to the case brief, the complainant became aware that he had been duped when he was utilising a foreign trade investment application at around 4am on June 14, 2021. At that time, the application had been shut down.
He attempted to get in touch with other users of the app, but he was told that it was possible that scammers were behind the operation of the programme.
After the incident, the complainant filed a police report for further action leading to the arrest of the accused.
As a result of the investigation, it was found that the complainant’s money amounting to RM200 had been deposited into the accused’s account.
In addition, the accused was also found to have given her ATM card to a man named Alex for rent but to this day the accused had not received any payment from the man.
The prosecution of the case was handled by Inspector Mohd Adzmei Ahmad while the accused was not represented.
