'I can't celebrate Raya,' youth says after 6-month jail sentence

A 19-year-old who will spend six months in jail for possession of a stolen motorcycle immediately lamented that he would not be able to celebrate Hari Raya after his sentencing.

"I can't celebrate Raya," Mohamad Aqmal Helizam, was heard saying at the Magistrate's Court.

Earlier, Aqmal pleaded guilty to possessing the stolen motorcycle before magistrate Suhaila Shafi'uddin.

Aqmal had been charged under Section 411 of the Penal Code for dishonestly retaining stolen property for having in his possession a Yamaha LC135 motorcycle in Taman Pantai on Dec 16.