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Securicor
June
25, 2009 The New Straits Times
A former security van driver who ran off with a moneybag containing RM250,000 was sentenced to 40 months' jail and ordered to be
given two strokes of the rotan yesterday. Abdul Jalil Abdullah, 38, who was arrested in an ambush at a
workshop in Kuala Rompin, Pahang, told the Sessions
Court that he needed the money as he owed money to loan sharks. Jalil and three other guards from Safeguards Securicor Sdn Bhd, were on their rounds, collecting cash from banks, when
they stopped at Menara Perkeso
in Jalan Ampang here,
between 6pm and 7pm on June 8. The three guards went in, leaving Jalil in the van. When they came out, Jalil
was no longer in the van, while one of the moneybags was missing. Jalil was charged with committing criminal breach of
trust amounting to RM250,000. He was arrested on
June 17 and police seized RM112,350. Sessions judge
S.M. Komathy Suppiah in
her judgment said the public's perception of the security firm had been
affected due to Jalil's conduct. "A deterrent
sentence must be imposed as you committed the offence while on duty and still
in uniform. "Your three other colleagues were
also remanded for four days because of your act." Jalil
who was unrepresented, hugged his sister and wept after the sentence was
passed. Deputy public prosecutor Mohd Hafiz Mohd Yusoff prosecuted.
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