Ex-special officer to MP fined RM45,000 for making false claims in Kedah

Ex-special officer to MP fined RM45,000 for making false claims in Kedah

ALOR SETAR, May 9 — A former special officer to a former Merbok Member of Parliament (MP) was fined RM45,000, after he pleaded guilty to three counts of submitting false claims related to home improvement assistance, amounting to RM29,500, four years ago. The accused, Mohamad Khalid Abdul Hamid, 46, made the confession after the three … Read more

Authorities: 46 undocumented migrants held, nine premises fined during integrated operation at Meru Market Complex

Authorities: 46 undocumented migrants held, nine premises fined during integrated operation at Meru Market Complex

KLANG, March 21 — Three enforcement agencies conducted an integrated operation at the Meru Market Complex here today, detaining 46 undocumented migrants and issuing compound notices to nine business premises owners. All those detained — 33 Myanmar nationals, 12 Bangladeshis and one Indian citizen — worked as stall helpers. The three-hour operation, which began at … Read more

Glove company in Kedah fined RM20,000 for causing water pollution

Glove company in Kedah fined RM20,000 for causing water pollution

ALOR SETAR, March 3 — A glove manufacturing company was fined RM20,000 by the Kulim Sessions Court after being found guilty for discharging industrial effluent exceeding the limit into public drains today. Judge Mirza Mohammad meted out the sentence after the company’s manager pleaded guilty to the offence when the charge was read before him. … Read more

Housewife in Sabah fined for using fake letter to apply to change religion

Housewife in Sabah fined for using fake letter to apply to change religion

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 23 ― A full-time housewife was fined RM8,000 by a Magistrate’s Court here yesterday for submitting a fake Shariah High Court order for her application to change her religion from Islam to Christianity. Magistrate Lovely Natasha Charles ordered Nur Sarimah Subuka to be jailed for 18 months if she failed to furnish … Read more

Diesel wholesaler in Ipoh fined RM95,000 for selling to unlicenced company

Diesel wholesaler in Ipoh fined RM95,000 for selling to unlicenced company

IPOH, Feb 22 — A diesel wholesaler company was fined RM95,000 by the Sessions Court here today after recording a guilty plea to a charge of selling diesel, which is a scheduled controlled item, to an unlicensed company two years ago. Judge Azizah Ahmad imposed the penalty on Chin Kah Hei, the director of Chin … Read more

In Shah Alam, ex-Socso employee fined RM70,000 for receiving bribes

In Shah Alam, ex-Socso employee fined RM70,000 for receiving bribes

SHAH ALAM, Jan 23 — A former employee of the Social Security Organisation (Socso) was today fined RM70,000 by the Sessions Court here, after pleading guilty to two charges of receiving RM38,000 in cash in return for approving a programme application under Pelan Jana Semula Ekonomi Negara 3.0 (Penjana 3.0). Judge Datuk Anita Harun handed … Read more

Ex-construction company owner fined RM48,000 for falsifying Penjana Kerjaya 2.0 claims

Ex-construction company owner fined RM48,000 for falsifying Penjana Kerjaya 2.0 claims

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — The Sessions Court imposed a fine of RM48,000 on the former owner of a construction company here today, for submitting falsified Penjana Kerjaya incentive claims to the Social Security Organisation (Socso) three years ago. Judge Azura Alwi meted out the sentence on Muhammad Fauzi Abdul Latiff, 31, after he changed … Read more

Individuals who steal cockle spats can be jailed, fined RM20,000

Individuals who steal cockle spats can be jailed, fined RM20,000

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — Individuals can be fined up to RM20,000 or jailed up to two years, or both, if they are found to be involved in unauthorised collection of cockle spats through any method in any natural cockle bed or cultured cockle bed. Fisheries Department director-general Datuk Adnan Hussain said that it viewed … Read more

Pakistani man fined RM8,000, for impersonating a medical officer in Cheras

Pakistani man fined RM8,000, for impersonating a medical officer in Cheras

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 — A Pakistani man who impersonated a medical officer at a clinic in Cheras was today fined RM8,000 by the Magistrate’s Court here. Magistrate Noorelynna Hanim Abd Halim meted out the fine on Suhaib Jalal, 26, who pleaded guilty to the charge. He paid the fine. The man was charged with … Read more