Ba Kelalan trader pleads guilty to dealing in LPG cylinders without licence, fined RM10,000
MIRI (May 22): A trader was today fined RM10,000 in default 10 months in jail by the Limbang Sessions Court for dealing in subsidised gas cylinders without a licence.
Dison Sakai, 55, from Ba Kelalan pleaded guilty before Judge Monica Linsua to a charge under Section 20(8) of the Distribution of Gas Ordinance (DGO) 2016, which provides a fine of between RM10,000 and RM100,000 or imprisonment for two years, or both, upon conviction.
According to the facts of the case, the accused was caught attempting to transport 30 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders out of Sarawak without a valid licence.
He committed the offence at a premises in Kampung Punang Kelalan, near the international border in Ba Kelalan, at 1.30pm on April 22 this year.
Investigations revealed Dison was running a retail LPG business using a business licence issued by the Lawas District Office, without obtaining a licence from the Director of Gas Distribution Sarawak as required by law.
In mitigation, Dison's lawyers Eunice Ding and Joshua Baru pleaded for a lenient sentence as this was their client's first offence, and that he would apply for the necessary licence in accordance with the DGO 2016.
The prosecution, led by deputy public prosecutor Ronald Felix Hardin and prosecuting officers Paddril Peter and Luqman Hakim from the State Security and Enforcement Unit (UKPS), had earlier argued that the accused's act of selling LPG to foreign parties could undermine the regulation of Sarawak's oil and gas industry.
Also present during the proceedings were officers from the UKPS and the Ministry of Utility and Telecommunication. ba kelalan fine licence subsidised LPG cylinders
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