Malaysia fines Singapore woman for claiming Chinese tea sellers tried to abduct her

Amyra Laila Ho, 45, claimed a couple selling Chinese tea had insisted she smell their tea leaves, which supposedly made her dizzy and stiff

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A Chinese tea ceremony in Chengdu. Photo: Shutterstock

Published: 2:51pm, 28 Jan 2025Updated: 7:56pm, 28 Jan 2025

A Singaporean woman has been fined by a magistrates court in Malaysia for lodging a false police report claiming she was nearly abducted at a shopping centre.

Amyra Laila Ho, 45, pleaded guilty in front of Magistrate Hidayatul Syuhada Shamsudin after the charge was read out to her in English on Tuesday.

According to the charge sheet, she provided false information to police personnel at Larkin police station at around 1.02am on Wednesday last week.

Ho claimed in her report that on January 10, at around 1pm, she was approached by a man and a woman at a shopping centre located along Jalan Seladang in Taman Abad.

She said the man and woman were promoting Chinese tea, but she declined their offer. The woman then reportedly insisted that she smell the tea leaves, which Ho claimed caused her to feel dizzy and stiff.

Ho falsely claimed in her police report that a man and woman approached her and insisted that she smell their tea leaves. Photo: Oliver Tsang

She further claimed that the man then held her right arm while saying that he was her husband, which Ho denied while the other woman took her handbag containing 400 ringgit (US$91).