Deaf man jailed for having stolen car

KUALA LUMPUR : With the help of a sign language interpreter, a deaf man was told by the court that he was sentenced to six months in jail for possessinga stolen vehicle.

Magistrate Norizan Che Meh ordered the sentence to run from the date of hisarrest on June 23.

Factory worker, Murni Irawan Ibrahim, 33, pleaded guilty to possessing a stolen Proton Wira worth RM36,000 with a false number plate at the Carrefour supermarket parking lot in Jalan Peel, Cheras at about 11pm on June 23.

According to the statement of facts, the owner of the car had parked it at the Carrefour parking lot in Wangsa Maju at about 4pm on May 4, 2002 , only to find it missing some two-and-a-half hours later.

Two years later, police questioned Murni and found that the vehicle in his possession was reported missing.

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Robbery of deaf man nets $1.50, bank card

By Ken Palmer

FLINT

Flint, Michigan - Two armed suspects escaped with just $1.50, a bank card and the wrong personal identification number for the card after robbing a deaf man early Friday.

The victim said he opened the door about 3 a.m. at a residence on W. Court Street, near Vosburg Street , for a young man wearing a mask, police reports said. The suspect and another man came inside while pointing guns at thevictim.

They took $1.50 from the table and an ATM card and told the man to write down his PIN number.

The victim said he wrote down the wrong number, and the suspects ran from the scene.

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