KUALA LUMPUR: The Magistrate's Court here has fined a Bangladeshi petrol station worker RM10,000 for possessing and using two MyKads to purchase Budi Madani RON95 subsidised petrol.
Magistrate Aina Azahra Arifin on Tuesday (May 5) imposed the sentence on Md Jakir Hossain, 50, after he pleaded guilty to two charges of using the identity cards of two Malaysians without authority and lawful reason for the purpose.
The court imposed a fine of RM5,000 or seven months' imprisonment in default of payment of the fine for each charge. The accused paid the fine.
The offences were committed at a petrol station on Jalan Pahang, here, between Feb 8 and April 22, 2025, under Regulation 25(1)(o) of the National Registration Regulations 1990, which carries a maximum fine of RM20,000 or a maximum imprisonment term of three years, or both.
Deputy public prosecutor Hench Goh urged the court to impose a commensurate sentence, taking into account the loss of subsidised petrol quota suffered by the victims.
"The accused had the option to return the MyKads but instead chose to purchase subsidised petrol," she said.
The complainant, the owner of a MyKad, discovered that his Budi95 subsidised petrol balance had decreased from 94.937 litres to 44.637 litres on April 22, 2025.
He suspected that his MyKad, which he lost the previous day, had been misused to purchase subsidised fuel at a petrol station on Jalan Pahang.
A check with the Budi Madani service centre detected five suspicious transactions on the card.
Following a review of CCTV footage, the accused was arrested and a search of his rented room uncovered two identity cards belonging to the complainant and another individual. – Bernama
