TAIPING: A plantation worker who escaped police custody last week while being taken to court to be charged has been jailed six years for burglary.
Sessions Judge Nizam Zakaria imposed the sentence on Mohamad Ailuddin Akif Alluvi, 30, after he pleaded guilty to the charge of breaking into a house and stealing valuables.
He also ordered the sentence to begin from the date of arrest, June 22.
Mohamad Ailuddin Akif was charged with breaking into a house in Kampung Redang Panjang Ijok, Batu Kurau in Selama and stealing two phones, a laptop, RM3,000 cash, a bracelet, a necklace and four rings worth RM12,000, between noon and 1pm on June 21.
He also pleaded guilty in a Magistrate's Court here to a charge of escaping from the custody of the Selama district police while on the way to court here.
The offence was allegedly committed at the Mohd Ali Raouse Mosque in Kampung Ulu Sepetang here at 8.05am on June 29.
Police managed to apprehend him at a wooden hut in Kampung Redang Panjang, Selama, at 2.45am the following morning.
Taiping High Court senior assistant registrar Mohamad Khairul Fathi Mohammad Khir set Aug 3 for sentencing.
Meanwhile, in Bukit Mertajam, 12 individuals were fined RM3,000 each after pleading guilty in a Magistrate’s Court to charges of offering nonexistent loans.
Magistrate Mohd Harith Mohd Mazlan meted out the punishment to the nine men and three women and ordered them to be jailed six months if they failed to pay the fine.
They were charged with committing the offence at A-18-Tower A of the BM City Condominium, Jalan Perda, Seberang Perai Tengah, at 12.45pm on June 15.
According to the facts of the case, the syndicate offering nonexistent loans, has been operating since early June.
All the accused were said to have acted as moneylending agents and offered nonexistent loans to victims through WhatsApp.
A total of 132 victims lodged police reports nationwide with losses reaching RM1.91mil. – Bernama
