BUTTERWORTH: A Rohingya man was fined RM3,500 by the Magistrate’s Court here today after pleading guilty to using another person’s identity card to register and use a Touch ‘n Go card.

Magistrate Aini Adilah Muhammad Faizal also ordered Ajimul Khan Syafiullah, 41, to serve five months’ jail if he failed to pay the fine.

According to the charge, he used an identity card belonging to S. Ganesan to register and use a Touch ‘n Go card at Jalan Bertam 2, Kepala Batas, at about 4 pm on Nov 3.

The charge was framed under Regulation 25(1)(e) of the National Registration Regulations 1990, which carries a maximum jail term of three years, a fine of up to RM20,000, or both, upon conviction.