PETALING JAYA: A businessman was fined RM20,000, in lieu three months’ imprisonment, after the Sessions Court here found him guilty yesterday on four counts of misusing the Kelantanese Royal title and Kerabat Diraja Long Yunus emblem five years ago.
Judge Norshila Kamaruddin meted out the sentence on Tengku Iskandar Tengku Ahmad, 73, after finding that the defence had failed to cast reasonable doubt on the prosecution’s case.
For the two offences of using the title, the Court sentenced him to a fine of RM1,000 or six months in jail for each count, while for each of the two counts of misusing the emblem, he was fined RM9,000 or one year imprisonment.
According to the first two charges, Tengku Iskandar was accused of using the title “Yang Maha Mulia” without the consent of the Sultan of Kelantan on a letter of attorney dated Aug 31, 2014, which he signed as “Yang Maha Mulia Tengku Iskandar Tengku Ahmad Panglima Raja” and using the same title as a signatory on a purported Royal letter of authority . – Bernama
