ATM thief gets three months' jail
By Rol Ezam 

The 32-year-old man from India, who pleaded guilty to four charges of theft last Thursday, was sentenced to 3 months' imprisonment by Senior Magistrate Hj Abdullah Soefri yesterday. Imran Ali had pleaded guilty to two charges of stealing two ATM cards and two charges of stealing money amounting to $1,370 using the ATM cards. For each charge, the magistrate's sentenced him to one month in jail, totalling four months' imprisonment.

However, the magistrate ordered that the two sentences for stealing the two ATM cards run concurrently, while the jail term for theft of the money will be served consecutively.

The court heard that Imran stole the two ATM cards from his friends and roommates, Mohamad Babar Khan and Khan Ahmad, in their bedroom.

Imran went to Standard Chartered Bank Muara Branch and withdrew $780 from the ATM machine from Babar's account.

After that, Imran used the other ATM card and withdrew $580 from the same ATM machine from Khan's account. All the stolen money was recovered.

Courtesy of Sunday Bulletin