KUANTAN: A Thai woman was sentenced to three-years’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here, yesterday after changing her plea to guilty for kidnapping a 15-month-old girl in December last year.
Magistrate Adibah Abdul Kadir ordered the woman, known only as Peesa, 38, to undergo the sentence beginning yesterday.
On Jan 10, Peesa was accused of kidnapping the toddler from the legal custody of her mother in front of a shop at Kampung Seri Fajar, Gambang, near here at about 5pm on Dec 27, last year.
According to the facts of the case, Peesa and an Indonesian friend, Rabiah Andy, 24, met the child’s mother, Nordina Jusoh, 27, and the child at the shop and told her that they wanted to play with her daughter and take her around the area.
Nordina then allowed the accused and her friend to take her daughter as she knew Peesa, but she later became worried when her daughter was not returned by midnight, following which she lodged a report at the Gambang Police Station.
Police later traced the location of the accused and detained her at about 10.30am on Dec 28, while Rabiah was detained at about 9pm on the following day.
Meanwhile, Adibah fixed Feb 9 for remention of Rabiah’s case after pleading not guilty to the charge of abetment.– Bernama
Chief Inspector Mohd Azman Ariffin appeared for the prosecution while both accused were not represented by counsel. — Bernama