Eight Filipino security guards were jailed between two and 18 months each by five Magistrate’s Courts here, today after they pleaded guilty to using fake identity cards and identity cards belonging to other people, two days ago. — Reuters picKUALA LUMPUR, April 22 — Eight Filipino security guards were jailed between two and 18 months each by five Magistrate’s Courts here, today after they pleaded guilty to using fake identity cards and identity cards belonging to other people, two days ago.
The charges against them were filed in five separate courts, namely before Magistrates S. Mageswary, Tawfiq Affandi Chin, Fardiana Haryanti Ahmad Razali, Wong Chai Sia and Aina Azahra Arifin. The charge was framed under Regulation 25 of the National Registration Regulations 1990 which carries a maximum jail term of three years or a fine of up to RM20,000 or both, upon conviction.
Prosecution officers from the National Registration Department Mohd Zakuan Zakaria, Mohd Supian Abdullah and Mohamad Riduawan Abdullah appeared for the prosecution while all the accused were unrepresented.