JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 22 — A total of 43 individuals, including three Malaysians, were fined between RM1,000 and RM9,000 by three Magistrates’ Courts here today for using forged identity cards or copies of identity cards belonging to other people.
Of the total, 35 were charged with using copies of other people’s identity cards, while the remaining eight were charged with using forged identity cards as personal identification documents.
The accused, aged between 18 and 49, comprised three Malaysians and foreign nationals from Indonesia and the Philippines.
They were sentenced after pleading guilty to the charges, which were read out separately before Magistrates Nurzihan Abdul Rehman, A. Shaarmini and Atifah Hazimah Wahab.
