6 get 3 years’ jail for aiding ‘Geng Upik’

 

On Jan 22 last year, a businessman and 10 others were charged at the Kota Kinabalu sessions court with being members of ‘Geng Upik’ between 2015 and 2023.

PETALING JAYA: 

The Kota Kinabalu High Court sentenced six people, including a woman, to three years’ jail today for aiding and abetting the organised crime group “Geng Upik” between 2015 and 2023.

Bernama reported that Fazrul Bahar, 42, Norsyafilah Pawawoi, 28, Shahlan Shah Abdul Samad, 38, Alkan Abraham, 36, Fauzie Rablin, 34, and Mazlan Mahmud, 49, pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of aiding the gang.

The charge under Section 130W of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum jail term of 10 years, was offered after the prosecution received their letters of representation.

The court then dropped the original charge under Section 130V(1) of the same law for membership in an organised crime group.

Judge Lim Hock Leng ordered Norsyafilah to serve three years in prison, starting from the date she was charged on March 1, 2024, while the other accused began their sentences from the date they were arrested on Dec 25, 2023.

Deputy public prosecutors Nazran Sham, Lina Hanini Ismail, Siti Hajar Radzi and Nur Ainaa Ridzwan appeared for the prosecution, while lawyers Shahlan Jufri, Sylyester Kuan, Luke Ressa Balang and Michelle R Usman represented the accused.

The court also set May 19 for a case mention involving five other accused, namely Maslan Sani, 41, Nelson Yen, 46, Zulkahar Dusing, 38, Rahman Burijin, 44, and Jaisalfian Jaineh @ Zaini, 45.

On Jan 22 last year, a businessman and 10 others were charged at the Kota Kinabalu sessions court with being members of “Geng Upik” between 2015 and 2023. - FMT