A 51-year-old building manager was fined RM1,000 by the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court on Monday (May 13) for cheating an individual by impersonating the Johor Police Chief in seeking the release of 11 prisoners for a payment of RM1,500 each last week.
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00:00 A building manager was fined 1,000 ringgit by the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court on
00:07 Monday for cheating an individual by impersonating the Johor police chief in seeking the release
00:13 of 11 prisoners for a payment of 1,500 ringgit each last week.
00:20 Magistrate Atiqa Muhammad alias Muhammad Saim meted out the fine in default a month in jail
00:27 on 51-year-old A. Ghanassian.
00:30 Ghanassian was charged with deceiving the victim by impersonating the Johor police chief
00:35 in Bandar Baru Sentul last May 6 when seeking the release of the 11 prisoners for payment
00:41 of 1,500 ringgit per person.
00:44 He was charged under Section 416 of the Penal Code which carries a maximum five years jail
00:49 term or a fine or both upon conviction.
00:53 The facts of the case states the victim, who is the complainant, received a phone call
00:57 from the suspect, who introduced himself as Johor Police Chief Commissioner M. Kumar,
01:02 and the suspect allegedly made an offer to release 11 prisoners with a payment.
01:08 For more information visit www.fema.gov
01:10 For more information visit www.fema.gov
01:12 For more information visit www.fema.gov
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