By The Straits Times | Created at 2025-01-28 05:07:22 | Updated at 2025-01-30 18:35:53
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JOHOR BAHRU - A Singaporean has been fined RM1,000 (S$370) by the Magistrate Court here for lodging a false police report claiming she was nearly abducted at a shopping mall.
Amyra Laila Ho, 45, pleaded guilty in front of Magistrate Hidayatul Syuhada Shamsudin after the charge was read out to her in English on Jan 28.
According to the charge sheet, she provided false information to police personnel at Larkin police station in Johor Bahru at around 1.02am on Jan 22.
Based on the facts of the case, Ho claimed in her report that on Jan 10, at around 1pm, she was approached by a man and a woman at a shopping mall located along Jalan Seladang in the Taman Abad area.
The man and woman were promoting Chinese tea to her but she declined their offer before the woman insisted that she smell the tea leaves which she claimed to cause her dizziness and stiffness.
She further claimed that the man then held her right arm while claiming that he was her husband, which Ho denied while the other woman had taken her handbag which contained RM400.
Ho had committed an offence and was charged under Section 182 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum of six months imprisonment or a fine of up to RM2,000, or both upon conviction.
She pleaded guilty to the offence and Ms Hidayatul slapped a RM1,000 fine in default of three weeks imprisonment against her.
Deputy public prosecutor Nur Fatihah Mohd Nizam prosecuted while the accused was unrepresented
Ho paid the fine. THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
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