JOHOR BARU: A Singaporean has been fined RM1,000 by the Magistrate Court here for lodging a false police report claiming she was nearly abducted at a shopping mall.
Amyra Laila Ho, 45, pleaded guilty in front of Magistrate Hidayatul Syuhada Shamsudin after the charge was read out to her in English here on Tuesday (Jan 28).
According to the charge sheet, she provided false information to police personnel at Larkin police station here at around 1.02am last Wednesday (Jan 22).
Based on the facts of the case, Amyra claimed in her report that on Jan 10 this year, at around 1pm, she was approached by a man and a woman at a shopping mall located along Jalan Seladang in Taman Abad here.
The man and woman were promoting Chinese tea to her but she declined their offer before the woman insisted that she smell the tea leaves which she claimed to cause her dizziness and stiffness.
She further claimed that the man then held her right arm while claiming that he was her husband, which Amyra denied while the other woman had taken her handbag which contained RM400.
Amyra had committed an offence and was charged under Section 182 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum of six months imprisonment or a fine of up to RM2,000 or both upon conviction.
She then pleaded guilty to the offence and Hidayatul Syuhada slapped a RM1,000 fine in default three weeks imprisonment against her.
Deputy public prosecutor Nur Fatihah Mohd Nizam prosecuted while the accused was unrepresented
Amyra paid the fine.
