Man gets 4 years jail for soliciting donations by falsely claiming that his family members died of Covid-19

KOTA TINGGI: A Pengerang Integrated Complex contract supervisor who sought donations from the public by falsely claiming that his family members have died of Covid-19, was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, fined RM16,000, and given two strokes of the cane by the Magistrate’s Court here.

Mohd Zahazan Zainon, 45, cheated a 34-year-old woman by giving her false information that his family members have died of Covid-19, and asked for a donation at the Pengerang Integrated Complex security unit office in Kota Tinggi.