Running outlets without licence: Duo fined RM6,000

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Kota Kinabalu: Two entertainment outlet owners were fined a total of RM6,000 by the Magistrate’s Court here, Wednesday, for running entertainment centres without a licence.

Thien Chen Yan, 43, and Oliver Elliott, 35, pleaded guilty separately before Magistrate Wan Farrah Farriza Wan Ghazali to committing the offence.Thien admitted to committing the offence at the MIDI+, at Areopod Commercial, Jalan Kepayan here at 11.11pm on June 16 this year while Oliver pleaded guilty to committing the offence at the On 7, Donggongon Square, Penampang, at 1.10am on Sept 30, this year.

In Thien’s case, the prosecution informed the court that the police team, who raided the respective premises, found that they were run without valid business licences.Both Thien and Oliver requested for a lenient sentence while the prosecution applied for an adequate sentence.In another case, a salesman was fined RM1,000 or one month-jail for having illegal gambling paraphernalia.

He was charged under Section 9 of the Common Gaming House Act, which carries a jail term of up to six months, or fine of up to RM3,000, or both, on conviction.

 

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