Labourer jailed 56 months for kidnapping cosmetics agent

Mohd Hafizi being taken to court, where he pleaded guilty on April 18 to kidnapping a cosmetics sales agent from her home in Tumpat. – BERNAMApic

PASIR MAS: A labourer has been sentenced to 56 months in prison by the Sessions Court here today for the kidnap of a cosmetics sales agent last year.

Judge Badrul Munir Mohd Hamdy meted out the sentence on Mohd Hafizi Mohd Arifin, 27, after he pleaded guilty to the charge here on Tuesday (April 18).

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He was ordered to serve the jail sentence from April 12, the date he was arrested in Terengganu.

Mohd Hafizi was charged under Section 363 of the Penal Code with kidnapping Rosnazirah Mohd Nain, 37, in Kampung Semat Jal Palekbang, Tumpat at 5.10pm on Sept 13.

In mitigation, Mohd Hafizi requested for the prison sentence to be reduced.

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Deputy public prosecutor Hajarul Falenna Itah Abu Bakar prosecuted.

According to complainant Mohd Nain Awang, 71, the victim’s father, two men entered their house looking for his daughter and one of them dragged her out into a car.

The father attempted to stop the car, but the accused pointed a sharp weapon at him and another suspect brandished a gun at him before they fleeing in the car.

Following that, a series of arrests was made to locate the victim and police located the car at ​​the Kuala Tat illegal jetty in Tumpat.

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The forensics unit of the Royal Malaysia then found three fingerprints belonging to the accused in the car.

Rosnarizah was smuggled into Thailand, where she was later rescued by the authorities and repatriated on Sept 29.

The investigation also found that the victim was kidnapped because her husband, W Muhamad W Noor, 37, had unpaid debts. – Bernama