IN an ironic turn of events, a young imam and an Islamic Affairs officer were sentenced to 14 days’ jail and fined RM2,900 by the Gombak Timur District Syariah Lower Court for committing khalwat (close proximity), reported Kosmo!.
The sentences was meted by judge Shaiful Azli Jamaludin after Mohd Noruddin Salam Naluwi, 29, and Siti Khadijah Md Ghazali, 27, pleaded guilty to the offence.
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