Man fined for distributing loan shark name cards

JOHOR BARU: A 37-year-old man was fined RM4,000 by a magistrate’s court here for distributing name cards and vouchers promoting an illegal money lending business.

Wong Sso Ming, who works as a card distributor, admitted to possessing 140 loan shark name cards and 200 vouchers in Taman Perling, Perling at around 10.35am on March 2.

Wong also admitted to stashing the stacks of name cards and vouchers in his sling bag before he was caught for the offence, which falls under Section 29A(A) of the Money Lenders Act 1951.

The offence carries a jail term of up to two years or a maximum fine of RM5,000, or both.

Magistrate Noor Aisyah Ahmad slapped Wong with a fine of RM4,000 in default four months’ jail.

DPP S. Bakialetchumy prosecuted the case while Wong was not represented. Wong paid the fine. Meanwhile, a Myanmar refugee, who worked as a sales girl at a mobile phone shop, was charged in a Sessions Court with having drugs at the premises.

Hairun Nisa Hassan Ali, 48, who entered Malaysia in 1992, pleaded not guilty to having 6.02gm of heroin pills in TJ Mark at Kulaijaya at around 3.30pm on March 5.

Sessions judge Mohd Haldar Aziz set April 12 for next mention.

DPP Dzul Iswari Mohd Jaafar prosecuted while the accused was not represented.