Convict gets more jail term for cheating Chinese student

KUALA LUMPUR: A brother of a businessman known as ‘Datuk Kabi’ was sentenced to four years’ jail and a stroke of the cane by the Sessions Court here yesterday for cheating a Chinese national student over purchase of a luxury car.

Judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail handed down the sentence on C Anand Raja, 44, who is currently serving time at the Sungai Buloh Prison, also for cheating, when he pleaded guilty to the charge.

He was ordered to serve the jail sentence from the date of his arrest, which was July 27, 2017.

Anand Raja was charged with cheating Quan Xuelian, 24, by deceiving the woman into selling her Audi car, valued at RM114,000, following which she handed the car over to him.

The offence was committed at Laman Damai Sari, Off Mount Kiara, Bukit Segambut, Sentul here on May 22, 2017.

The charge, under Section 420 of the Penal Code, provides an imprisonment for up to 10 years and whipping, and is also liable to fine, upon conviction.

Deputy public prosecutor Nurul Khairiyah Samsudin, who prosecuted, asked the court to consider Anand Raja’s two previous records using the same modus operandi when handing down the sentence.