Singaporean fined for claiming tea sellers tried to abduct her at JB mall

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A Singaporean woman has been fined RM1,000 by the Magistrate's Court in Johor Baru for lodging a false police report claiming she was nearly abducted at a shopping mall.  Amyra Laila Ho, 45, pleaded guilty in front of Magistrate Hidayatul Syuhada Shamsudin after the charge was read out to her in English on Tuesday (Jan 28).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/45vc7tty  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A Singaporean woman has been fined 1,000 ringgit in lieu of three weeks' jail by the Johor

00:05Bahru Magistrate's Court for lodging a false police report, claiming she was nearly abducted

00:11at a shopping mall.

00:12Amira Laila Ho pleaded guilty before Magistrate Hidayatul Shuhada Shamsuddin after the charge

00:20was read out to her in English on Tuesday.

00:23The 45-year-old was accused of providing false information to police personnel at Larkin

00:29Police Station at around 1.02am on January 22.

00:34Based on the facts of the case, Ho claimed in her report that she was approached by a

00:39man and a woman at a mall located along Jalan Seledang at around 1pm on January 10.

00:46She said they were promoting Chinese tea, but declined their offer.

00:50The woman then reportedly insisted that she smelled the tea leaves, which Ho claimed caused

00:55her to feel dizzy and stiff.

00:57She further claimed that the man then held her right arm while saying that he was her

01:02husband, which Ho denied while the other woman took her handbag containing 400 ringgit.

01:09Ho, who was unrepresented, was charged under Section 182 of the Penal Code, which carries

01:15a maximum of six months' imprisonment or a fine of up to 2,000 ringgit or both upon conviction.

01:23She paid the 1,000 ringgit fine.

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