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Nov 11, 2009
3 years for using fake notes <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent </td></tr></tbody></table>
A MAN who used three pieces of fake $50 bills to pay for drugs was jailed for three years on Wednesday. Mohd Sophian Mohd Noor, 26, then a technician, admitted handing over the counterfeit currency notes to one Abdul Kader Marican, 22, to pay for Erimin 5 tablets at Commonwealth Crescent in May. A district court heard that three pieces of counterfeit $50 were seized from Mr Kader when a policeman arrested him for traffic offences on May 17. The victim told the corporal that he had received them from Sophian in exchange for $250 worth of drugs. Investigation showed that Sophian had gone with his colleague Koh Guan Beng to buy drugs from the victim in May. His lawyer Ramesh Tiwary said it was his client's colleague, Beng, who had given him the three fake notes after he could not repay a $50 loan. He said the drug deal was between Beng and the victim, and his client had nothing to do with it. Sophian could have been jailed for up to 20 years and fined for knowingly using fake notes as genuine.
Nov 11, 2009
3 years for using fake notes <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent </td></tr></tbody></table>
A MAN who used three pieces of fake $50 bills to pay for drugs was jailed for three years on Wednesday. Mohd Sophian Mohd Noor, 26, then a technician, admitted handing over the counterfeit currency notes to one Abdul Kader Marican, 22, to pay for Erimin 5 tablets at Commonwealth Crescent in May. A district court heard that three pieces of counterfeit $50 were seized from Mr Kader when a policeman arrested him for traffic offences on May 17. The victim told the corporal that he had received them from Sophian in exchange for $250 worth of drugs. Investigation showed that Sophian had gone with his colleague Koh Guan Beng to buy drugs from the victim in May. His lawyer Ramesh Tiwary said it was his client's colleague, Beng, who had given him the three fake notes after he could not repay a $50 loan. He said the drug deal was between Beng and the victim, and his client had nothing to do with it. Sophian could have been jailed for up to 20 years and fined for knowingly using fake notes as genuine.
