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Malaysia Case Law

Online fraud
  • 3 Sept 2021

    PENDAKWARAYA Timbalan WANG JIANQUAN (Chinese National)

    Citation
    BH-83-1010-08/2021 (Mahkamah Majistret)
    Court
    Magistrates' Court
    Case number
    BH-83-1010-08/2021 (Mahkamah Majistret)

    Given the admitted facts, conviction on the plea was appropriate; the aggravated manner of the love‑scam (recording and use of obscene material to extort) and the prevalence of online fraud justified a custodial sentence despite first‑offender status and guilty plea; the court imposed one month imprisonment from date of arrest and RM8000 fine, and dismissed the stay application because no special circumstances were shown and risk of absconding existed for a foreign national under s.311.