KUALA LUMPUR: A Nepalese man was sentenced to a total of eight months’ jail and fined RM18,000 by the Sessions Court here on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to three counts of operating a money remittance business without a licence, three years ago.
Judge Azizah Mahamud handed down the sentence on Karna Bahadur Pun, 32.
On the first charge, Karna was sentenced to two months jail and fined RM5,000, in default two months jail, for preparing to remit RM1,950, through Krishna Bahadur Khatri Chhtr, to Ram Bahadur Lama, of Gagal Fedi, Kathmandu, Nepal.
He was sentenced to three months’ jail and find RM6,000, in default three months’ jail for preparing to remit RM1,258 through Krishna to Dil Bahadur Gurung, of Dhading Bansi, Dhading, Nepal.
On the third charge, Karna was sentenced to three months jail and fined RM7,000, in default three months jail, in preparing to remit RM1,980 through Krishna to Savita Gurung, of Tanhu Damauli, Nepal.
The offences, which come under the Exchange Control Act 1953, were committed at First Floor, No 32, Jalan Tun Tn Siew Sin here on March 18 and 22, 2007.
The accused failed to pay up the fines.
The jail sentences were to be served consecutively from Wednesday.
Bank Negara prosecuting officer Alvin Ong Heng Kiat prosecuted. — Bernama