Lankan jailed, fined for forging cheque in Malaysia

A Sri Lankan man was sentenced to five years' jail and fined RM20,000, in default 20 months' jail, by the Sessions Court of Petaling Jaya, Malaysia yesterday for forging a cheque, involving more than RM15,000, last year.

Judge Suraiya Mustafa Kamal handed down the sentence on the man aged 27 after he changed his plea to guilty, to be served from the date of his arrest on August 17, 2012.

The man was charged with forging the cheque at a bank at Jalan SS 15/2A, Subang, at 2pm on August 1 last year. Prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Ching Kian Chun.

- Bernama