SIBU: A 27-year man from Ampang, Selangor chose to go to jail instead of paying a RM3,000 fine after he pleaded guilty to an attempt to blackmail his girlfriend by threatening to expose nude photographs of her.
The accused, Lum Gah Wai, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 509 of the Penal Code for intending to insult the modesty of the woman at the Magistrate's Court here, which provides for a jail sentence of five years or a fine.
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