Two friends charged over using fake letters to 'secure' Datukships for three

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Two friends, aged 46 and 45, were separately charged at the Ayer Keroh Magistrate's Court on Friday (Oct 25) with using forged documents involving honorific awards from the Melaka government.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/39vtdyuz  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Two friends were separately charged at the Iyer Kero Magistrates' Court on Friday,

00:08with using forged documents involving honorific awards from the Malacca government.

00:13Forty-six-year-old Mohamed Nizam Abdul Ghani pleaded guilty to three charges of using falsified

00:18approval letters for the Darjah, Pangkuan Seri Malacca, DPSM, which carries the title

00:24of datuk to deceive three individuals into thinking he could secure the awards for them.

00:29The offences were committed at a residence in Taman Paya Rumput, Pedana at 11.06pm on

00:36September 21st.

00:39The charges were framed under Section 471 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section

00:44468, which carries a maximum sentence of seven years' jail and a fine upon conviction.

00:51The court granted bail of 7,000 ringgit with one surety and fixed December 4th for sentencing.

00:59In a separate proceeding, Mohamed Nizam's associate, Shahrizad Sahauddin, claimed trial

01:04to a charge of allegedly forging the documents involving the same individuals at the same

01:08time and place.

01:09He was charged under Section 465 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum jail term of

01:14two years, a fine, or both, upon conviction.

01:19The court set bail at 4,000 ringgit with one surety and fixed December 12th for next mention.

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