Lorry driver jailed, caned for siphoning diesel

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KOTA KINABALU: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday sentenced a lorry driver to eight months’ jail and one stroke of the cane for misappropriating diesel worth RM13,289.35.

Magistrate Herlina Muse imposed the sentence on Liaw Cheng Yi, 28, after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

Liaw admitted to siphoning the diesel fuel for his own personal use between December 1, 2013 and January 19, 2014 at a Shell Station in Membakut, Beaufort, when employed as a lorry driver for Syarikat Segala Kota Sdn Bhd.

The charge framed under Section 403 of the Penal Code carries a jail term of not more than five years and with whipping and shall also be liable to fine, upon conviction.

In an unrelated case, Sekhan Salim, 35, was sentenced to 14 days jail by the same court for stealing a piece of plywood worth RM100, from a construction site at Jesselton Point on April 11, this year.

The offence under Section 379 of the Penal Code is punishable with a jail term which may extend to seven years or with fine or with both, upon conviction.

Prosecuting officer Azaman Hamat appeared for the prosecution on both the cases.

Meanwhile, at another court, Magistrate Zaiton Anuar sentenced Nora Bondo, 24, to five months jail for hurting Masliza Abdun, 19, with a wooden chair at Makati Café, Bundusan Square, on January 25, this year.

The charge framed under Section 324 of the Penal Code is punishable with a maximum of three years jail, or with fine, or with whipping, or with any two of such punishments, upon conviction.

Based on the facts of the case, a fight had broken out between the two, following a verbal spat. The accused then threw a wooden chair at the victim causing her to sustain eight stitches on her forehead.

The court also ordered for the accused to be referred to the Immigration Department, upon serving her sentence.

In an unrelated case, the court set May 14 for the next mention of Mohd Azfian Aziz’s case.

The 22-year-old accused denied criminally intimidating his older sister, Azimah Aziz, 26, at a unit in University Condo Apartment, Menggatal, on April 28, this year.

The charge framed under Section 506 of the Penal Code is punishable with a maximum of two years jail, or with fine or with both, on conviction.

Prosecuting officer Chief Inspector Lim Swee Beng prosecuted both the cases.