JELI: An Indonesian woman was sentenced to 12 months jail by the Magistrate’s Court here for using the identity card of a Malaysian to get vaccinated.

       Magistrate Mohamad Nasrudin Mohamed handed down the sentence on Yanik Setia Pratiwi, 36, after she pleaded guilty yesterday to committing the offence at a Community Rehabilitation Centre here on June 13 and July 4.

       Yanik was charged with two counts of using an identity card belonging to Nor Athirah Zaiki, 26, to obtain two Covid-19 vaccine shots, under Regulation 25(1) (c) of the National Registration Act 1990 which provides three years’ imprisonment or a fine of up to RM20,000 or both. For each offence, the court imposed a fine of RM2,000 in default of six months in jail.

       Yanik’s husband, Amiruzaman Ab Rahmad, 59, was fined RM2,000 in default of six months’ imprisonment on each count, for abetting his wife for the same offences at the same place and date.

       The couple’s activities were uncovered when Nor Athirah lodged a police report on July 7, after learning that she had apparently completed the two-dose Sinovac vaccine here, through the MySejahtera application, when she has yet to be vaccinated. — Bernama