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Published on: Thursday, March 04, 2021
By: Cynthia D Baga
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Kota Kinabalu: A 29-year-old man was jailed three years and ordered given two strokes of the cane for cheating another man of RM296,000.
Magistrate Lovely Natasha Charles also ordered Mohd Zairul Hakim Moktar to pay a fine of RM5,000 in default 12 months’ jail.
Mohd Zairul pleaded guilty to cheating one Joel Thien Tze Lit, 30, by deceiving the latter that he (Mohd Zairul) was the owner of the 2.19-acre land in Sandakan.
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The crime took place at Damai Plaza in Luyang on July 22, 2019.
He committed the offence under Section 420 of the Penal Code which provides for a jail term of between a year and 10 years, and whipping, on conviction.