Accountant who created a scene jailed 2 weeks for contempt of court
KHAIRAH N. KARIM
New Straits Times30 October 2017
PETALING JAYA: A woman in a viral video showing her threatening a municipal council officer with a steering lock screamed at the magistrate today and ended up being jailed for two weeks for contempt of court.
The outburst occured when magistrate Nurulhuda Zakariya ordered the accused Liew Yoke Peng, 43, to keep quite during the proceedings.
Liew, an accountant, was ordered to serve her jail term at the Kajang Prison from today.
She also bit a policewoman who was trying to calm her down, leaving the latter with a wound on her arm and her uniform button ripped off.
Earlier, Liew raised her voice at the magistrate as if she was trying to start a fight.
The proceedings then had to be adjourned to the afternoon as the situation was uncontrollable. Liew was found guilty of being in contempt of court by yelling and disobeying the magistrate's order to keep quite during the proceedings at magistrate's court 2 here at 11.35am today.
The charge under Article 26 Third Schedule (Section 99A) of the Subordinate Courts Act 1947 carries a maximum fine of RM150 or a maximum jail term of three weeks, if convicted.
Liew's husband pleaded for leniency saying that he had failed to convince the woman to listen to the court's orders.
In the same proceedings, Liew pleaded not guilty to intentionally obstructing an officer from the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) at a parking space in Bandar Puteri Puchong, at 1pm on Sept 6.
The offence under Section 186 of the Penal Code carries a maximum two years' jail or a fine or both, if convicted.
In a video which went viral on social media, the woman was seen yelling at a MPSJ enforcement officer at Bandar Puteri Puchong after her car was clamped because it was parked in a lot reserved for the disabled.
The woman, who was wielding a steering lock in a threatening manner, yelled at the officer that she could not find a parking lot and that she was buying food for her husband.
Deputy public prosecutor Abu Arsalnaa Zainal Abidin offered RM7,000 bail with one surety.
In sentencing Liew, Nurulhuda said the accused should act professionally and abide by the court's orders.
"Everyone in this court is carrying out their respective duties including the police. You cannot simply insult our job," she said.
Nurulhuda granted RM4,000 bail with one surety and fixed Nov 24 for mention. She also ordered Liew to surrender her passport to the court until disposal of the case. © New Straits Times Press
