KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Dec 2017:
A car parts salesman was fined RM5,000 in default six months jail by the Ampang magistrate’s court here yesterday for criminal intimidation against his ex-girlfriend in early November.
Magistrate Firdaus Sadina Ali handed down the sentence after the accused Wan Hairuzrizal Wan Habib, 38, pleaded guilty to a charge of threatening to release online nude pictures of his former 36-year-old girlfriend.
He committed the offence in a condominium unit at Bukit Antarabangsa at 6.30am on Nov 5 – and was charged under Section 506 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum jail term of seven years or a fine or both upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Hashimah Hashim prosecuted while the accused was not represented.
According to the facts of the case, the accused contacted the victim – who is a widow with four children – through WhatsApp by sending some nude pictures of the victim and forcing her to reply to his message or threatening to make her nude pictures go viral.
The victim lodged a report at the nearest police station.
– Bernama