Man fined RM3,000 for false entry in registering girl’s birth
IPOH: A contract labourer was fined RM3,000 by a magistrates’ court here today on a charge of permitting a false entry when registering a girl’s birth two years ago. Magistrate Noor Azreen Liana Darus meted out the fine on Muhammad Ridzuan Chan Abdullah, 49, who pleaded guilty to the charge.…
IPOH: A contract labourer was fined RM3,000 by a magistrates’ court here today on a charge of permitting a false entry when registering a girl’s birth two years ago.
Magistrate Noor Azreen Liana Darus meted out the fine on Muhammad Ridzuan Chan Abdullah, 49, who pleaded guilty to the charge.
He paid the fine.
Ridzuan was charged with permitting the false entry when registering the birth of the girl at the counter of the Ipoh UTC branch of the National Registration Department (JPN) here on Sept 10, 2020.
The charge, under Section 36(1)(c) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957 (Act 299), provides a maximum fine of RM20,000 or imprisonment for up to three years, or both, upon conviction.
NRD officer Hisam Saruddin prosecuted, while Ridzuan was represented by G Harbhajan Singh from the National Legal Aid Foundation. — Free Malaysia Today