BANGI, June 24 — A six-month pregnant woman was sentenced to two months in jail today by the Bandar Baru Bangi Sessions Court for soliciting clients for prostitution via Telegram under the pseudonym ‘Miza Ozawa’.
Judge Shahrul Rizal Majid handed down the sentence on Siti Amiza Baharuddin, 27, after she maintained her guilty plea to the optional charge and ordered that she serve the sentence from the arrest date on June 6.
She was charged with committing the offence at a condominium unit in Bukit Mahkota, Kajang, at 4pm on June 6, under Section 372B of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison, a fine, or both.
Shahrul advised the accused not to lose her self-control and wanted her to take the case as a lesson.
Siti pleaded with the court to impose a fine instead of a jail term, citing remorse for her actions and her pregnancy.
Deputy public prosecutor Nurul Afiqah Abdul Ghaffar requested the court to impose a prison term on the accused, considering the public’s interest in the case and the nature of the offence, adding that the immoral act can destroy morality and spread sexually transmitted diseases.
According to the case facts, the police raided the condominium unit and, upon inspection of the accused’s phone, discovered that she had used social media to solicit clients for prostitution.
Checks with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission revealed that the accused used Facebook and Telegram to commit the offence.
On June 19, Siti was sentenced to one month in prison and fined RM12,500 by the Magistrate’s Court after pleading guilty to the charges of possessing obscene materials and unregistered medications.
— Bernama
