GEORGE TOWN: A 29-year-old company executive and a 37-year-old antiques dealer was fined RM7,500 each for stealing a Reclining Buddha statue from the prayer hall of the Penang Buddhist Association. Magistrate Qasiratul Jannah Usmani Othman handed down the sentence in default 12 months' jail on Lim Su-Quinn and Lim Keng Liang from their date of arrest on Dec 22. Both admitted in court Tuesday to taking away the Buddha statue on Dec 11 at around 8.30am without the permission of the association. On Wednesday (Dec 20), devotees of the Penang Buddhist Association in Anson Road noticed that the Reclining Buddha statue was missing from the prayer hall altar. Security camera footage showed two people stealing the statue on Dec 11.

Source: The Star December 26, 2017 07:07 UTC