KUCHING: Two accomplices were each fined RM50,000, or in default 15 months jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today for stealing electricity at a commercial centre in Jalan Tondong last August.
Mazuan Muhamad Muslim Marius, 25, and a 19-year-old youth pleaded guilty to four charges read before Judge Saiful Bahari Adzmi.
For the first charge, both of them are under Section 33(3) of the Electricity Ordinance (Chapter 50), read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code, for jointly tampering with an electrical installation connected to another meter and the main switch, posing danger to licensed equipment.
Saiful ordered them to be placed on a good behaviour bond for two years with bail set at RM5,000 each.
For the second charge, under Section 33(7)(a) of the Electricity Ordinance and punishable under Section 33(7)(b), read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code, they were found guilty of installing direct tapping cables that interfered with the meter installation.
The court imposed a fine of RM5,000, or three months’ imprisonment, on each of them.
For the third charge, framed under Section 33(9)(b) of the Electricity Ordinance, and read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code, the duo intentionally cut off the power supply to connect stolen electricity to another meter.
They were each fined RM25,000, or six months in jail, while the fourth charge, under Section 33(5) of the same ordinance, involved attempting to alter instruments related to the meter and main switch, preventing accurate recording of electricity usage.
Both were fined RM20,000 or sentenced to six months in prison for the offence.
All offences were committed at the commercial centre in Jalan Tondong-Batu Kawa between 10:30 am and 2:04 pm on August 20, 2025.
It is understood that both the accused were arrested during an electrical disturbance at the premises while they were tampering with the electric meter.
During proceedings, defence counsels, Clement Wong and Christopher Chin, pleaded for leniency, saying it was the duo’s first offence and that they acted under instructions from their employer, who remains at large.
However, Deputy Public Prosecutor, Ronald Felix Hardin, urged for a heavier sentence, stressing the seriousness of the offence involving electricity theft at a commercial premises.
