A 32-year-old woman in Kelantan was fined RM2,000 by the Magistrate’s Court after pleading guilty to possessing around 100 explicit videos on her mobile phone.
If she fails to pay the fine, she will serve six months in jail.
Caught with explicit materials during police raid
As reported by Harian Metro, the woman was found with a Realme 9 phone containing multiple explicit videos during a raid at a house in Kampung Kubang Telaga at about 8pm on Apr. 6.
Police later confirmed through forensic analysis that the device contained around 100 obscene materials.
The raid was conducted under Op Cyber Guardian by officers from the D11 Sexual and Cyber Branch of the Kelantan Police Contingent Headquarters, together with several other units.
She was charged under Section 292 of the Penal Code, which carries a punishment of up to three years imprisonment, a fine, or both upon conviction.
She pleaded guilty after the charge was read before Magistrate Fakhrul Razzi Abd Hamid.
‘She’s a single mother earning RM35 a day’
During mitigation, the woman’s lawyer from the National Legal Aid Foundation said her client is a single mother who works as a canteen assistant with a daily income of RM35.
Her lawyer also told the court that she has a 15-year-old daughter and had expressed remorse over her actions.
“She has promised not to repeat the offence and wishes to set a better example for her child.”
However, Deputy Public Prosecutor Muhammad Aiman Syahmi Yazid urged the court to impose an appropriate sentence as a lesson to both the accused and the public.
The court ultimately imposed a RM2,000 fine, with six months’ jail in default of payment.
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