00:00 A former clerk was fined RM2,800 by the magistrate's court in Ayacaro for soliciting for the purpose
00:09 of prostitution last week. Magistrate Khairul Nizad Hasni meted the sentence on 26-year-old
00:17 Zami Nur Aida Chekya after she entered a guilty plea when the charge was read to her on Tuesday.
00:24 The offence was allegedly committed at a room on the 11th floor of a hotel on Jalan Tun
00:30 Sri Lanang in Melaka Tengah at 7.40pm on January 5. The accused, who's unemployed, was charged
00:38 under Section 372(b) of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum one-year jail sentence or
00:45 a fine or both upon conviction.
00:48 Deputy Public Prosecutor Wada Ishar requested the court to impose a deterrent sentence as
00:55 a lesson to the accused and the community.
00:58 Zami, who was represented by Mohd Izzudin Abdulmalik from the National Legal Aid Foundation,
01:04 was ordered to pay the fine in lieu of four months in jail.
01:08 For more information visit www.fema.gov
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