Bangladeshi gets jail term for impersonating 'Saddam Hossein' in Nilai


SEREMBAN: A Bangladeshi, who had claimed his name was Saddam Hossien when he went to get a Covid-19 vaccination at a centre in Nilai near here, was sentenced to nine months' jail by the Magistrate’s court here for cheating by impersonation.

The 26-year-old man, whose real name is Mizan Nur Rahman, had cheated one Muhammad Nur Ikhwan Hamzah at the Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia vaccination centre by claiming he was the holder of a passport with the BY0934943 serial number, which actually belonged to an individual named Helal.

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