Jail and rotan for cheating, CBT and misappropriation of property

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KUCHING: A former officer of the Information Department was yesterday sentenced to a total of five years’ jail and four lashes in Samarahan Magistrate’s Court.

He pleaded guilty before Magistrate Shafiza Abdul Razak Tready to 14 charges of cheating, criminal breach of trust, and dishonest misappropriation of property.

The accused, Wesley Rosdin, 36, admitted to committing all the offences framed against him by a car rental company based in Kota Samarahan between July 2012 and July this year.

The accused had rented 14 cars during the last general election but only returned 10 of them. Four cars were not returned to the company and there was problem collecting the payment. Subsequently, the company suffered a loss of about RM200,000.

Wesley was also guilty of using fake documents to rent the cars.

He was convicted under Section 402 of the Penal Code for cheating, Section 406 under the same code for criminal breach of trust, and Section 403 of the same code for dishonest misappropriation of property.

Inspector Ahmad Ilias prosecuted while Wesley was not represented by any lawyer.