Driver who robbed to pay off loan shark debts pleads guilty

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A 29-year-old e-hailing driver has pleaded guilty to robbing and injuring a senior citizen at a goldsmith shop in Melaka.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/y5mdwe45   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:0029-year-old e-hailing driver Melvin Yanwei-Shern has pleaded guilty to robbing and injuring a

00:08senior citizen at a goldsmith shop in Malacca. The accused made the plea when the charges were

00:14read to him in the Ayer Kero Sessions Court on Friday. The offense took place at the goldsmith

00:19shop in Kampung, Jawa at about 11 a.m. on May 22. The accused was charged for robbery and

00:26voluntarily causing hurt to 70-year-old Kokim Lai. The offense carries a maximum jail term of 20 years

00:33with a fine or caning upon conviction. The prosecution requested the court to set bail

00:40at 20,000 ringgit to which the defense team did not object. The court then fixed June 10 for

00:47sentencing. The lawyer representing the accused told reporters that his client's family declined

00:52to post bail as they wanted him to learn his lesson. He said the accused had been trying

00:57to repay a debt of about 200,000 ringgit, which his girlfriend allegedly owed to three illegal

01:03money lenders.

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