WORKER JAILED SIX MONTHS FOR TRESPASSING AND PEEPING ON WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR

KUALA NERUS, Oct 5 (Bernama) -- A worker was sentenced to six months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today after pleading guilty to trespassing in an inn and peeping on a woman entrepreneur in a bathroom, an incident that recently went viral on social media.

Magistrate Noor Mazrinie Mahmood handed down the sentence after 29-year-old Ahmad Farhan Rizal Abdullah admitted to both charges.

Ahmad Farhan was accused of peeping at a 36-year-old woman with the intent to outrage her modesty at an inn in Manir, near Kuala Nerus, at 12.30 am on Aug 26. The offence under Section 509 of the Penal Code carries a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment, a fine, or both.

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He was also charged with criminal trespass for unlawfully entering premises used as a residence on the same date, time and location. The charge under Section 448 carries a maximum penalty of three years' imprisonment, a fine of up to RM5,000, or both.

The court sentenced Ahmad Farhan to six months for the peeping charge and three months for trespassing, with the sentences to run concurrently from the date of conviction.

Kuala Terengganu police chief Azli Mohd Noor said the victim and her husband, from Ampang, Selangor, had rented the inn for four days, starting Aug 25, for a holiday and to film a commercial featuring Malay traditional attire.

He said the victim spotted a man’s silhouette holding a mobile phone outside the bathroom window while bathing.

-- BERNAMA