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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.
