THREE YEARS' JAIL FOR POSING AS JOURNALIST
MALACCA: The Magistrates Court here sentenced a 31-year-old man to three years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to having posed as a journalist for a local broadcasting company early this month.
Magistrate Muhamad Faizal Ismail meted out the punishment against Zulkifli Atan, from Batu Caves, Selangor, who had in mitigation asked the court to take into account the date of his arrest before sentencing him.
“The court is not concerned if you have repented your ways but is here to mete out an appropriate punishment against you.
“You will have all the time to reflect on it. The court hereby sentences you to three years’ imprisonment,” he told Zulkifli on Monday.
Before sentencing, Muhamad said he had taken note of Zulkifli’s two previous run-ins with the law for cheatings cases, with one resulting in a conviction in Muar, Johor.
Zulkifli, who was unrepresented, had pleaded guilty to the charge in the same court last Friday.
He was said to have posed as an ntv7 journalist on July 3 to gain entry into Rumah Anak-Anak Yatim Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al Haj in Pantai Puteri, Tanjung Kling.
He allegedly duped orphanage caretaker Maznah Abdol into allowing him into the premises with an eight-man crew on the pretext of covering a media assignment.
However, following checks, it was revealed that Zulkifli was not an employee of the television station and a police report was subsequently lodged by the television company.
Police here arrested Zulkifli at the orphanage dormitory on July 4 at about 10:35pm and seized a letter purportedly issued by ntv7, eight ntv7 corporate shirts, two ntv7 name tags and 67 business cards.
Prosecuting the case was Insp Muhamad Juhari Harun.
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