BUTTERWORTH: In a first for the country since the relevant law was amended in 2011, a 38-year-old mother of three has been fined RM50,000 for running a kootu (tontine) fund which the prosecution said involved an element of profit.
Nor Jaimah Kamarudin, who operates a nasi lemak stall, was fined RM50,000 in default one year's jail for running the fund.
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