Man jailed, fined for sending obscene image, text message, to stranger
NST BERNAMA
KUALA LUMPUR: An unemployed man was sentenced to one month in jail and fined RM1,500, in default of two months' jail, by the Magistrate's Court here today for sending an obscene image and text messages to a married woman he did not know.
Magistrate Nur A'minahtul Mardiah Md Nor handed down the sentence on Abdul Rahim Mohd Abas, 34, who pleaded guilty to the charge.
He was ordered to serve the jail sentence from the date of his arrest, which was Jan 9.
He was charged with sending an image of a man's private parts, with obscene words, through his mobile phone to the woman, aged 31, at 17-3, Putri Apartment, Taman Setiawangsa, Off Jalan Jelatek, Wangsa Maju here last Jan 7.
The charge, under Section 509 of the Penal Code, provides for an imprisonment of up to five years, or a fine, or both, upon conviction.
According to the facts of the case, the woman, upon receiving the obscene image and words from an unknown telephone number, informed her husband about it.
Her husband then requested to meet the accused at the Setiawangsa LRT, where he apprehended the accused and sent him to a police station.
Deputy public prosecutor Nur Farah Adilah Noordin, who prosecuted, said the offence committed by the accused had breached public order and caused trauma to the victim. - BERNAMA
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