Snatch thieves jailed 15 months for stealing cellphone

KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Sept 2017: 

Two friends’ excitement of enjoying the profit from selling a stolen mobile phone was short-lived when they were arrested by police and subsequently sentenced to 15 months jail by the Ampang magistrate’s court yesterday.

Magistrate Mohamad Firdaus Sadina Ali meted out the punishment to Nik Mohamad Rizuan Nik Saufi, 25, and Faiz Rezza Romli, 26 – after they pleaded guilty to fraudulently concealing the  stolen mobile phone, worth RM2,000, belonging to the victim, 32-year-old property agent Tan Yee Han.

The offence was committed at Jalan Perdana 4/1, Pandan Perdana, Ampang, here, at 9.30pm on July 30, and the accused were charged under Section 414 of the Penal Code which carries a maximum jail term of seven years and also liable for a fine upon conviction.

According to the facts of the case, the two individuals who were riding a motorcycle, snatched the victim’s mobile phone as he was walking to a convenience store.

Both accused claimed to have sold the victim’s mobile phone to another person for RM700 and distributed the money evenly.

The court ordered the two men to serve the jail sentence from the day of the arrest on Aug 8.

The same court also  jailed a woman for 15 months for dishonestly concealing a senior citizen’s money.

Fazidah Janin, 53, pleaded guilty to three charges of fraudulent removal or concealment of money belonging to retiree Runiah @ Rumiah Kamaruddin, 67, into her own account when she knew the money did not belong to her.

On July 26, Fazidah pleaded not guilty to all charges but changed her plea to guilty yesterday when the case was re-mentioned.

Magistrate Mohamad Firdaus Sadina Ali sentenced her to serve 15 months’ jail for each of the offences and ordered the sentences to run concurrently from the date of her arrest on July 25.

Fazidah, who is single, committed the three offences at Taman Melawati and Taman Sri Gombak Maybank between Sept 8 and 13, last year under Section 424 of the Penal Code which carries a maximum imprisonment of five years or fine or both.

According to the facts of the case, Runiah got to know an individual known as ‘Adams Usman’ on Facebook and the latter told the victim that he needed to use the victim’s bank account to transfer RM1.5 million.

The victim later received a call from an individual who claimed to be a London bank agent and asked the victim to pay transfer processing fees and the victim made three payments amounting to RM51,500.

However, after putting in the money, Runiah suspected she had been deceived and based on a report, the police discovered that Adams was non-existent and the victim had channelled her money into Fazidah’s bank account.

Earlier in her appeal, Fazidah who was unrepresented sought a light sentence as she was supporting her aged parents and looking after a sibling afflicted with kidney ailment.

– Bernama

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