Looks like it was an inside job after all.
A female clerk from the Accounts and Revenue Unit at the Road Transport Department (JPJ) office in Wangsa Maju was sentenced to four years in jail after she pleaded guilty to an armed robbery involving more than RM700,000 in cash, Bernama reports.
The sentence was meted out by Sessions Court Judge Zainal L. Salleh, and the accused was ordered to serve the jail sentence from the day of her arrest, on July 11.
The accused — Norzaisyima Ahmad Zaidin, 40 — was charged with committing the offence at the JPJ office in Wangsa Maju at 5.30pm on July 4.
In his judgement, Zainal said the offence committed by Norzaisyima was serious as she was an entrusted staff in the department.
“Your actions are like, ‘harapkan pegar, pegar makan padi’ (betrayal of trust by those in positions of responsibility). Did you not think of your children before committing the offence? As humans, we should think first before doing anything.
“Hardships and owing money to ‘alongs’ is not a reason for committing an offence, and now, the rice has already become porridge (the situation is irreversible),” Zainal was quoted by the news agency as saying.
The mother of seven was charged under Section 395 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 397 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum jail term of 20 years upon conviction.
Earlier this month, two robbers armed with parang broke into the JPJ office in Wangsa Maju via the unlocked backdoor and fled with RM754,840 in cash.
