Serious crime to lodge false report
KUALA LUMPUR,MALAYSIA: Police have warned that stern action awaits those who lodge false reports on the theft of their vehicles in order to make a quick buck through insurance claims. In an incident on Friday, a 28-year old woman from Shah Alam was detained by police after she was found to have made a false report that her car was stolen. She had claimed that she had parked her car at the porch of her house on Thursday night and found it missing the following day. On receiving her report, police spotted the car in the vicinity of the township within hours, and arrested a 42 year-old man who was behind the wheel. During interrogation, the man said the woman had allowed him to keep the car as collateral for a RM8,000 loan he had given her. The woman, a customer care consultant, was called in by police for questioniing, and later confessed that she had run into bad debts and had resorted to borrowing money from loan sharks. Selangor state CID chief Abu Bakar Mustafa said police are viewing the case very seriously. "People with such intentions should not make a mockery of the police by involving them in the process of cheating. It can land them in big trouble with the law," he said. He also said they can be charged with lodging a false police report under Section 182 of the Penal Code.
Article: 16 December 2002
Thanks to The Sun
