A local man working as a technician was slapped with a fine by the Rompin Magistrate Court yesterday (Mar 13) for failing to provide an explanation for RM7,600 landing in his bank account eight years ago.
The accused, Mohd Khairuddin Abdul Rahman, pleaded guilty to four charges before magistrate Melody Woon Sze Mun, reported NST.
Couldn’t explain how RM7,600 appeared in bank account
On the first charge, Mohd Khairuddin failed to give a reasonable explanation over how he received RM5,000, which was deposited into a bank account under his name.
The offence was committed at a financial institution in Muadzam Shah near Rompin between 8.02pm and 8.51pm on Sept 28, 2018.
The second charge accused him of obtaining and depositing RM600 into his account through fraudulent means and failing to explain the transaction at a primary school at around 12pm on Oct 22, 2018.
As for the third and fourth charges, Mohd Khairuddin allegedly failed to explain how two deposits of RM1,000 each were made into his bank account, which was committed at a financial institution at about 3.36pm on Oct 28, 2018 and at 7.55pm the next day, respectively.
All charges were framed under Section 29(1) of the Minor Offences Act 1955. which provide a maximum fine of RM1,000 or imprisonment for up to one year, or both, upon conviction.
Fined RM2,100 by court
In mitigation, Mohd Khairuddin’s lawyer Deniel Roslan asked for a minimum fine to be imposed, saying his client had expressed remorse for his actions.
Before the offences were committed, he had applied for a loan through an unlicensed moneylender in early 2018 and was told to post his bank card as collateral.
“My client did not receive any cash and his bank card was misused. He never expected this incident to happen and did not receive any profit,” he said.
However, Deputy public prosecutor Noor Aishah Amin asked for a deterrent sentence, arguing the court should take into account the losses suffered by the victims who had yet to receive any compensation to this day.
In the end, Mohd Khairuddin was fined RM600 for the first charge and RM500 each for the second, third and fourth charges in default 21 days in jail. He paid the fine.
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