Uzbek woman jailed for getting treatment while posing as Malaysian

An Uzbek woman pleaded guilty to using a Malaysian woman’s IC to obtain treatment at Kuala Lumpur Hospital for seven years.

KUALA LUMPUR: A single mother from Uzbekistan was jailed for three years by the magistrate’s court here today for cheating Kuala Lumpur Hospital by using an identity card belonging to another person to obtain treatment at the hospital for seven years.

The action of the accused, Arslanova Oksana Leonidovna, 39, came to light when she passed herself off as Kerinjeet Kaur Tharam Singh, 48, and submitted a copy of an identity card bearing the name of Kerinjeet Kaur for the purpose of seeking treatment at the hospital at 10am, on Dec 31, last year.

Leonidovna pleaded guilty to the charge which was read to her by a court interpreter.

She was also jailed a month after pleading guilty to a charge of entering the country without a valid pass.

The two jail sentences will run concurrently from her arrest on Dec 31.

The prosecution urged the court to impose a deterrent sentence. However, the accused, who was not represented, appealed for a light sentence as she was a single mother with four children. - FMT