KUALA LUMPUR: An elderly painter pleaded not guilty at four Magistrates' Courts here today to four charges of breaking 13 automatic teller machine (ATM) screens at three banks in Jinjang, near here, last week. According to all the charges, the man was charged with committing mischief by breaking 13 ATM screens using a piece of stone between 8 am, Feb 16 to 9.44 pm, Feb 17, causing losses totalling RM45,183.20 to Maybank and RM24,257.76 to RHB Bank. Leong was also charged with another charge of mischief by punching the cover panel of a cash deposit machine at Maybank Jinjang Selatan, resulting in a loss of RM800 to Maybank at 10 pm, Feb 16. On Feb 18, Bernama reported that the police had arrested an elderly man believed to be involved in the act of breaking ATM screens at several bank branches around Jinjang here. Last week, a video went viral on social media showing a man breaking the screen of ATM machines screen.

Source: The Star February 26, 2026 14:05 UTC