A Malaysian court on Friday in Kuala Lumpur jailed
a couple for stealing from the bank accounts of
people aboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight
MH370, a news report said Friday.
Court Judge, Norsharidah Awang, said the former
bank employee, Nur-Shila Kanan, 34, was
sentenced to six years in jail after admitting 12
counts of illegally obtaining 21,600 dollars from the
bank accounts of people aboard the missing plane.
“I hope you will repent and take the jail sentence
as a lesson.
“It is very wrong for a bank officer to transfer and
withdraw money owned by your clients.
“You took advantage of the trust given by them,”
he said.
The judge said Kanan’s husband, Basheer Hameed,
34, had already been sentenced to four years in jail
and three strokes of the cane for admitting to four
counts of withdrawing 7,650 ringgit from the bank
account of a passenger.
Awang said the offences were committed between
May 14 and July 8, 2014, a few months after the
Beijing-bound plane disappeared on March 8 after
taking off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport.