SHAH ALAM: An online vendor was charged at the Sessions Court today with selling unauthorised walkie-talkie via www.lelong.com.my in August 2013.
The wireless Motorola T5720 walkie-talkie did not bear the Scientific and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (Sirim) certification.
Rukaiyah Manis, 58, pleaded guilty to the charge read to her before Judge Ahmad Azhari Abdul Hamid.
She was charged with selling the communication device which was not per the Communications and Multimedia (Technical Standards) Regulations 2000.
The payment for the walkie-talkie was made through Maybank2U’s online banking service on Aug 13, 2013, at Sirim QAS International Sdn Bhd, Shah Alam.
Rukaiyah was charged under Regulation 16(1) (b) of the Communications and Multimedia (Technical Standards) Regulations 2000, punishable under Regulation 37 of the same Regulation.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Norhani Mohamad Adzhar applied for the case to be postponed to another date for the filing of documents before sentence was passed.
The court then set Dec 14 for mention.