{
  "id": 14658499,
  "title": "Car salesman jailed 34 days, fined RM17,500 for cheating customers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/car-salesman-jailed-34-days-fined-rm17-500-for-cheating-customers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T09:16:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/regional/2026/10/1556206/car-salesman-jailed-34-days-fined-rm17500-cheating-customers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 38-year-old car salesman, Khoo Chiang Chee, has been sentenced to 34 days in jail and fined RM17,500 for cheating three customers out of their car purchase deposits totaling RM102,050. The offences took place between September 29 last year and August this year at Jalan Rosmerah 1/4, Taman Johor Jaya. Khoo pleaded guilty to the charges under Section 417 of the Penal Code, which allows for a jail term of up to five years, a fine, or both upon conviction. The magistrate ordered him to serve between three and six months in jail in default of payment.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}