Restaurant employee jailed, fined for stealing RM3.2 million worth of TNB cable

KUALA LUMPUR: A restaurant employee who admitted to stealing RM3.2 million worth of electric cable belonging to Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) was today sentenced to two years' jail and fined RM2,000, in default eight months jail, by the Ampang Magistrate's Court for the offence.
Magistrate Haslinda A.Raof handed down the sentence on Nazman Mohamad, 30, who pleaded guilty to the charge.
He was charged with stealing the electric cable at the TNB sub-station at Jalan Wawasan Ampang 4/2, Bandar Baru Ampang, Ampang Jaya, here between 6.30pm on June 30, 2017, and July 4, 2017.
Nazman, who is not married, was ordered to serve the jail sentence from the date of his arrest, which was last July 12.
The charge, under Section 380 of the Penal Code, provides an imprisonment for up to 10 years, and is liable to fine, if found guilty.
Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Zuhaini Mahamad Amin prosecuted, while Nazman was unrepresented. — Bernama