A mother of five, who was seen in a viral clip brandishing a bamboo stick at a petrol station last week, was fined RM5,500 by a Magistrate's Court in Sungai Besar on Tuesday (Oct 22).
Magistrate Siti Hajar Ali imposed the sentence on Elyna Muhamad, 42, after she pleaded guilty to three charges which include criminal intimidation and indecent behaviour.
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Magistrate Siti Hajar Ali imposed the sentence on Elyna Muhamad, 42, after she pleaded guilty to three charges which include criminal intimidation and indecent behaviour.
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00:00A woman who was seen in a viral clip brandishing a bamboo stick at a petrol station last week
00:09was fined 5,500 ringgit by a magistrate's court in Sungai Besar on Tuesday.
00:16Magistrate Siti Hajar Ali imposed the sentence on 42-year-old Elina Muhammad after she pleaded
00:21guilty to three charges, section 506 of the Penal Code for Criminal Intimidation, which
00:27carries a maximum penalty of seven years' imprisonment or a fine, or both, section 14
00:34of the Minor Offences Act, 1955, for indecent behaviour, which carries a fine not exceeding
00:41100 ringgit, and section 90 of the Police Act, 1967, for improper conduct, which provides
00:49for a fine not exceeding 5,000 ringgit or up to one year in jail, or both, upon conviction.
00:55The first two offences were committed at a petrol station in Panchak Alam at 7.50pm
01:01on October 17, while the third offence was committed at the Sawjana Uttama Police Station
01:07at 1.45am on October 19.
01:11During mitigation, Elina's lawyer Shahweera Abdul Halim appealed for a light sentence
01:16on grounds that his client is a housewife and a mother of five.
01:21He also claimed that the incident was due to a misunderstanding and that his client
01:26had been provoked by several men and a woman for not moving her car.
01:31Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohammad Noor Hakimi, Mohammad Rozadin, however, urged the court
01:37to hand down an appropriate sentence to serve as a lesson to the accused and the public
01:43to not repeat similar offences.
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