Motorcycle taxi operator gets 6 months for smuggling liquor


By G.C.Tan
  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 16 Jan 2019

JITRA : A 42-year-old motorcycle taxi operator, who ferries passengers across the Malaysia-Thailand border crossing in Bukit Kayu Hitam, was fined RM100,000 or six months' imprisonment in default for possessing 12 one-litre bottles of illegal liquor when he was stopped at a roadblock in early January.

According to the charge sheet, Mohamad Haniff Ali, from Jalan Datuk Syed Ahmad, Alor Merah in Alor Setar, was apprehended by Border Security Agency (AKSEM) personnel at about 9.20am on Jan 9 on the North-South Expressway in the Kubang Pasu district of Kedah.

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