THE Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today sentenced a jobless man to four years’ jail for robbing a Bangladeshi man while pretending to be a policeman.

Judge Siti Aminah Ghazali meted out the sentence on Muhammad Yusof Abdullah, 55 after he pleaded guilty to the robbing charge and one year in jail for impersonating a police officer.

The court ordered both terms to run concurrently from the date the accused was arrested on March 16 last year.

According to the charges, the man allegedly impersonated a civil servant by introducing himself as a policeman and robbing the victim of approximately RM2,500 at the Batu 5 bus stop, Jalan Ipoh, on February 27 last year.

The robbery charge, under section 392 of the penal code, carries a jail sentence of up to 14 years and a fine or whipping. The police impersonation charge, meanwhile, was framed under section 170 of the same code, which carries a maximum prison sentence of two years, a fine or both.

According to the facts of the case, the accused introduced himself as a police officer and asked the victim to hand over his passport and vaccination card before taking RM1,900, a mobile phone, and 300 in Bangladesh currency (Taka) from his bag.

Deputy public prosecutor Wan Ahmad Hakimi Wan Ahmad Jaafar had earlier sought a sentence to commensurate the crime as a lesson to Yusof while his lawyer, Shamsul Sulaiman, pleaded for leniency on grounds his client who is currently unemployed has two children to support. – Bernama, January 19, 2023.