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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->A MAN was jailed for two weeks and fined $500 for tampering with the fuel gauge of his car to give a false reading.
Abu Khalid Mohd Jadi, 52, pleaded guilty on Aug 5 to two charges - for not having the minimum amount of petrol in his vehicle's fuel tank when he was leaving Singapore on July 31, and for giving false information to the officer inspecting the fuel gauge of his vehicle.
He was fined $500 on the first charge, or one week's jail in default, and jailed for two weeks on the second count.
At the Woodlands Checkpoint on July 31 at about 10.45 am, Abu Khalid, when asked if he had three-quarter tank of fuel in his car, declared that his fuel tank was almost full.
After a thorough check, the Immigration and Checkpoint Authority (ICA) officer found a remote control switch hanging from the wiper lever of his car.
When asked, Abu Khalid claimed that the remote control was not working and he could not give any reason for its purpose.
The ICA officer then activated the remote control and saw the fuel indicator dropped to 'E', indicating an empty fuel tank.
Only then did Abu Khalid admit that the remote control was for the purpose of tampering his vehicle's fuel gauge reading.
The case was then referred to the Singapore Customs.
The car was inspected and it was confirmed that its fuel gauge had been tampered with. The amount of fuel in the fuel tank was less than one quarter full.
Abu Khalid admitted that he was aware of the three-quarter tank rule and installed the fuel gauge tampering device in August last year for RM150.
He was arrested and charged in court on July 31.
In the last two years, three persons had been charged in court for tampering with their car fuel gauges. All three were convicted and were fined and jailed. <!-- end of for each --><!-- vbbintegration : start --><!-- vbbintegration : end --><!-- dennis change request 20070424 : start --><!---Google ad - Start : Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:22:44:13---><!-- AdSpace STI Google ad tag --><SCRIPT language=JavaScript1.1 src="http://ads.asia1.com.sg/js.ng/site=tsti&pagepos=20&size=10X10"> </SCRIPT>
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->A MAN was jailed for two weeks and fined $500 for tampering with the fuel gauge of his car to give a false reading.
Abu Khalid Mohd Jadi, 52, pleaded guilty on Aug 5 to two charges - for not having the minimum amount of petrol in his vehicle's fuel tank when he was leaving Singapore on July 31, and for giving false information to the officer inspecting the fuel gauge of his vehicle.
He was fined $500 on the first charge, or one week's jail in default, and jailed for two weeks on the second count.
At the Woodlands Checkpoint on July 31 at about 10.45 am, Abu Khalid, when asked if he had three-quarter tank of fuel in his car, declared that his fuel tank was almost full.
After a thorough check, the Immigration and Checkpoint Authority (ICA) officer found a remote control switch hanging from the wiper lever of his car.
When asked, Abu Khalid claimed that the remote control was not working and he could not give any reason for its purpose.
The ICA officer then activated the remote control and saw the fuel indicator dropped to 'E', indicating an empty fuel tank.
Only then did Abu Khalid admit that the remote control was for the purpose of tampering his vehicle's fuel gauge reading.
The case was then referred to the Singapore Customs.
The car was inspected and it was confirmed that its fuel gauge had been tampered with. The amount of fuel in the fuel tank was less than one quarter full.
Abu Khalid admitted that he was aware of the three-quarter tank rule and installed the fuel gauge tampering device in August last year for RM150.
He was arrested and charged in court on July 31.
In the last two years, three persons had been charged in court for tampering with their car fuel gauges. All three were convicted and were fined and jailed. <!-- end of for each --><!-- vbbintegration : start --><!-- vbbintegration : end --><!-- dennis change request 20070424 : start --><!---Google ad - Start : Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:22:44:13---><!-- AdSpace STI Google ad tag --><SCRIPT language=JavaScript1.1 src="http://ads.asia1.com.sg/js.ng/site=tsti&pagepos=20&size=10X10"> </SCRIPT>
