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Borneo Post
5 days ago
- Borneo Post
Shop supervisor fined for selling items with incorrect Qur'anic texts
KOTA KINABALU (July 24): A shop supervisor was fined RM5,000, in default, seven months' jail by a Magistrate's Court here today for offering items which contained incorrect texts of Al-Qur'an for sale. Magistrate Marilyn Kelvin imposed the sentence on Saadiah Jaidin, 43, after the latter pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 14 (1) of the Printing of Qur'anic Texts Act 1986 (Amendment 2023), punishable under Section 14 (2) of the same Act. The indictment provides for a fine of up to RM50,000 or a jail term of up to five years, or both, upon conviction. Saadiah admitted to offer for sale 22 frames, including frame watches and wordings of Muhammad and Allah, at a souvenir shop at a hypermall at Jalan Sulaman here on March 25. The court heard that the complainant checked the shop and found those items displayed on the shelves. All the items were seized and investigation revealed that the texts were incorrect and did not follow the correct writings set under the law.
New Straits Times
5 days ago
- New Straits Times
Shop supervisor fined RM5,000 for selling items with Quranic errors
KOTA KINABALU: A shop supervisor was fined RM5,000 or seven months' jail by the Magistrate's Court here today for selling Quranic materials containing errors. Saadiah Jaidin, 43, pleaded guilty before magistrate Marilyn Kelvin to a charge under Section 14(1) of the Printing of the Quranic Text Act 1986 (Amendment 2023). According to the charge sheet, Saadiah was found to have offered for sale 11 units of Surah Yasin-framed items, one unit of a Quranic verse clock and 10 units of frames, all of which contained Quranic errors at a souvenir shop in 1 Borneo Hypermall, near here, about 12.25pm on March 25. According to the facts of the case, an enforcement team from the Home Ministry's Enforcement and Control division in Sabah conducted an inspection at the premises and discovered the items. Prosecuting officer N. Kelosius Samuil from the Sabah Home Ministry prosecuted. The court also ordered that the seized exhibits be disposed of.
