Myanmar woman gets 18 months for using fake identity to get vaccine

 

That That Mar was charged under Section 419 of the Penal Code for cheating by impersonation and under the Immigration Act for entering Malaysia without valid documents.

MELAKA: A Myanmar woman who obtained her Covid-19 vaccination by using someone else’s identity was sentenced to 18 months’ jail by the Ayer Keroh magistrates’ court here today for the offence.

Magistrate Muhammad Nazrin Ali Rahim meted out the sentence on That That Mar, 27, who pleaded guilty to three charges.

On the first two charges, That, an assistant at a food shop, was charged with deceiving Dr Diong Sheih Yee, 43, and nurse G Saavitri, 23, by using a passport belonging to one Than Lin Tun to obtain both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine at Klinik Medidion, Taman Cheng Perdana, here, last July 28 and Aug 18.

Both charges were framed under Section 419 of the Penal Code for cheating by impersonation, which provides for imprisonment of up to seven years, or a fine, or both, if found guilty.

She was also charged under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 (Amended 2002) for entering and staying in Malaysia without valid documents.

Nazrin sentenced her to six months’ jail on each count to be served concurrently from the date of her arrest, which was Aug 18.

Deputy public prosecutor Anis Najwa Nazari prosecuted, while the accused was unrepresented. - FMT