SHAH ALAM: Four men, including one who went viral for leading police on a rooftop chase on a flat block to evade arrest, were today sentenced to six months' jail by the magistrate's court for possession of stolen items earlier this month.
Muhammad Izuan Kamaruddin, Mohd Hafiz Abu Bakar, both 37, Muhamad Zul Irfan Muhamad Hamadi, 24, and Mohamad Aiman Farhan Alis, 26, pleaded guilty after two joint charges were read before magistrate Mohamed Redza Azhar Rezali.
Mohamed Redza ordered the quartet, who are odd job workers and factory operators, to serve the sentence from Nov 11 at 12.03am, the day they were arrested at Blok 19 of Pangsapuri PKNS in Section 20 here.
On both charges framed under Section 411 of the Penal Code read with Section 34, they were accused of possessing stolen items belonging to two victims, aged 60 and 44, such as a bag, several medical cards and a savings scheme card, a box of buttons and a pen drive.
Deputy public prosecutor Nurul Farah Sofea Norazman urged the court to impose a heavy sentence due to the gravity of the offences.
Meanwhile, at two other separate courts, the four also pleaded guilty to six similar charges under the same Section before magistrates Farah Rosnan and Muhammad Syafiq Sulaiman.
Aiman, who was seen in the viral video hiding and running in circles on the rooftop deck, also pleaded guilty to possessing 11.68g of methamphetamine under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
Izuan, Hafiz and Zul Irfan were also each charged with possessing methamphetamine weighing 1.65g, 2.85g and 2.20g respectively.
The trio pleaded guilty to the charges.
The courts set bail between RM11,500 and RM13,500 with one surety for all charges for each accused and fixed Dec 4 and Jan 23 respectively for sentencing.
Deputy public prosecutors Saidah Fasihah Che Yussoff and Kamarul Iman Ahmad Sapian prosecuted.