00:00 A building manager was fined 1,000 ringgit by the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court on
00:07 Monday for cheating an individual by impersonating the Johor police chief in seeking the release
00:13 of 11 prisoners for a payment of 1,500 ringgit each last week.
00:20 Magistrate Atiqa Muhammad alias Muhammad Saim meted out the fine in default a month in jail
00:27 on 51-year-old A. Ghanassian.
00:30 Ghanassian was charged with deceiving the victim by impersonating the Johor police chief
00:35 in Bandar Baru Sentul last May 6 when seeking the release of the 11 prisoners for payment
00:41 of 1,500 ringgit per person.
00:44 He was charged under Section 416 of the Penal Code which carries a maximum five years jail
00:49 term or a fine or both upon conviction.
00:53 The facts of the case states the victim, who is the complainant, received a phone call
00:57 from the suspect, who introduced himself as Johor Police Chief Commissioner M. Kumar,
01:02 and the suspect allegedly made an offer to release 11 prisoners with a payment.
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