FOUR FOREIGNERS PLEAD GUILTY TO UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF 4,002 KG LPG

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (Bernama) -- Four foreign men pleaded guilty at the Bandar Baru Bangi Magistrate's Court today to a charge of possessing 4,002 kilogrammes (kg) of liquefied petroleum gas without a license.

Indonesian nationals Fauzan, 25, Yusrijal, 26, and Ridwanuddin, 24, and a Myanmar national, Myo Naing Oo, 44, made the plea before Magistrate Nurdiyanah Mohd Nawawi.

The court did not allow them bail and set Oct 24 to hear the facts of the case and for sentencing.

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Meanwhile, a local man, S. Dashenthiran, 27, pleaded not guilty to the same charge, and the court set the same date for mention.

The five individuals involved were jointly charged, together with another person still at large, with possessing a scheduled controlled substance, namely 4,002 kg of liquefied petroleum gas,  without a license, which violates Regulation 3(1) of the Supply Control Regulations 1974 at a premises in Semenyih at 5 pm last Wednesday (Oct 15).

The charge, framed under  Section 21(1) of the Control of Supplies Act (Act 122) and is punishable under Section 22(1) of the same law, provides a maximum fine of RM1 million or imprisonment not exceeding three years or both, while for a second and subsequent offence, a maximum fine of RM5 million or imprisonment not exceeding five years or both upon conviction.

The prosecution was conducted by prosecuting officer Ulul Azmi Khairil Amri, from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN),  while all the accused were unrepresented.

-- BERNAMA