A former security guard was fined RM30,000 by the Sessions Court for sending obscene messages to a woman, with a jail term if he fails to pay.
IPOH: A former security guard was fined RM30,000 by the Sessions Court here after pleading guilty to three charges of sending obscene messages to a woman.
Judge Ainul Shahrin Mohamad ordered that Syed Danian Syed Mustapha Basri, 42, serve five months’ imprisonment per charge if he fails to pay the fines.
For the first two charges, he was accused of sending obscene texts via the Messages service intended to harass the victim at an industrial park near Batu Gajah on the morning of Dec 13, 2024.
The third charge involved the same offence at a residential address in Taman Bemban Permai in the early hours of Dec 14, 2024.
All charges were filed under Section 233(1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.
The offence carries a maximum penalty of a RM50,000 fine, up to one year’s imprisonment, or both.
Syed Danian, who was unrepresented, sought a minimum fine, saying he must support three children, including one with a disability.
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission deputy public prosecutors Fadhli Ab Wahab and Nadzirah Idris urged the court to impose a stiff sentence.
They noted the messages were extremely obscene and had harmed the victim’s dignity and emotional well-being.
The court fined him RM10,000 per charge, in default five months’ imprisonment for each fine.
It also ordered his mobile phone forfeited to the MCMC for disposal.
