KKB polls: Senior citizen jailed one month, fined RM3,000 for misusing King's picture


PETALING JAYA: A senior citizen has been sentenced to jail for a month and fined RM3,000 by the Kuala Kubu Baru Magistrate's Court after he pleaded guilty to misusing the King's picture on a car he was driving.

P. Ramasamy, 66, was sentenced after pleading guilty to a charge under Section 4A(1) of the Election Offences Act 1954 for malicious intent after it was read out to him before Magistrate Siti Fatimah Talib on Monday (May 6).

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