RM70 for sex : Woman fined RM2,500
Published on: Saturday, August 20, 2011
Kota Kinabalu: An Indonesian woman, who asked for RM70 from her client for sexual services, was fined RM2,500 or three months behind bars by the Magistrate's Court here.Magistrate Herlina Muse ordered Rita Nandiyah, 36, to pay the fine after she pleaded guilty to soliciting for the purpose of prostitution at 4.04pm on July 22, this year at a room in a shophouse near Jalan Pantai, here.Rita was supposed to stand trial on the charge under Section 372B of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term of up to one year or fine, or both, on conviction, but changed her plea to guilty.
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Herlina ordered Rita to be referred to the Immigration Department after paying her fine or serving her jail sentence.Deputy Public Prosecutor Chow Siong Kiong, who tendered the facts of the case, told the court that Rita was arrested together with her male client in the said place during a raid by police.The man told the police that he had paid Rita RM70 for sex, he said, adding that police also recovered three used condoms.Meanwhile, in another Magistrate's Court, a 36-year-old man was fined RM800 in default six months' imprisonment for breaking into a hostel.
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Mohamad Sapie Basir admitted before Magistrate Nuruhuda Mohd Yusof to trespassing the hostel in Jalan Gaya on Aug 13 at 4am.Inspector Syahrin Ali conducted the prosecution.
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