Asthmatic heart patient gets two years' jail, fine and caning for stealing mosque donation boxes

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A chronic asthma and heart patient was sentenced to two years' jail by the Magistrate's Court in Ayer Keroh, Melaka, after the 34-year-old pleaded guilty to six counts of stealing donation boxes at mosques and a madrasah as well as a mobile phone.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2nu6r3s9  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 34-year-old chronic asthma and heart patient was sentenced to two years in jail by the

00:07magistrate's court in Ayarkero after pleading guilty to six counts of theft, including stealing

00:13donation boxes from mosques and a madrasa, as well as a mobile phone.

00:19Magistrate Karunisak Hasni on Friday also ordered Mohammad Rizwan Zamri to receive one

00:24stroke of the rotan as part of his sentence.

00:28Rizwan was also fined 3,500 ringgit by the court in default six-months' jail.

00:33According to the Statement of Facts, Rizwan stole a total of 1,400 ringgit from donation

00:39boxes at several mosques and one madrasa in the Milakaterna district between July 25 and

00:46August 1.

00:47The charges were framed under Section 380 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum

00:53jail term of 10 years and a possible fine upon conviction.

00:57Rizwan also faced charges under Section 457 of the Penal Code for housebreaking and was

01:04sentenced to an additional three months in jail for stealing a mobile phone from a 40-year-old

01:09woman at Sri Syantan apartment in the same district at 2 a.m. on July 29.

01:16This offence also fell under Section 380 of the Penal Code.

01:20The court ordered that the sentences run concurrently from July 31, the date of Rizwan's arrest.

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