A man who impersonated Johor police chief Commissioner M. Kumar and demanded the release of 11 detainees from the custody of an enforcement agency was fined RM1,000 by the magistrate's court today.

Magistrate Atiqah Mohamed@Mohamad Saim meted out the sentence to Ganasean K. Ananda, 51, after he pleaded guilty to the offence.

The court ordered the building manager to serve a month in jail if he failed to pay the fine.

The charge sheet read that Ganasean had impersonated the state's top cop to cheat an individual at 8.35pm in Bandar Baru Sentul on May 6.

The facts of the case read that a complainant had received a call from the accused, who had introduced himself as Johor police chief Commissioner M. Kumar.


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