RM1,000 fine for taking drugs

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KUCHING: A 22-year-old youth was slapped with a RM1,000 fine in default three months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to consuming methamphetamine and MDMA.

Donny Chin appeared before Magistrate Maris Agan who convicted him to a charge under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

Chin pleaded guilty to self-administration of the dangerous drug when caught at a coffeshop at Lian Kee commercial centre at Mile 4 Penrissen Road about 12.30am on March 10.

The court also ordered him to be placed on two-year supervision. He paid the fine.

In an unrelated case, a man suspected to have stolen three Samsung Galaxy phones from a phone accessories shop at Kuching Sentral here last month was remanded for three days to facilitate police investigation.

The complainant in the case, a shop assistant, reported that a man came up to the booth and requested that he (shop assistant) took out a few phones for him to see.

However, he grabbed all the phones and walked away.

The case is being investigated under Section 380 of the Penal Code for theft.