To be charged: Man who drove schoolgirl to suicide with threat to leak photos

GEORGE TOWN: The 20-year-old man who allegedly threatened to share private photos of a 17-year-old schoolgirl, leading to her suicide on Aug 3, will be charged at the Balik Pulau Magistrate’s Court here at 8am on Wednesday (Aug 19).

Balik Pulau OCPD Supt A. Anbalagan said the man would be charged under Section 506 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation and Section 292 of the Penal Code for circulating obscene materials.