PETALING JAYA: The actions of a businessman who insulted, injured, and threatened his personal security guard for fasting in 2021 led to severe consequences when he was sentenced to six years and 10 months in prison and fined RM22,000 by the Magistrate's Court here on Friday.
Magistrate Siti Zubaidah Mahat made the decision after finding that the defence, representing Chung Chee Yang, 47, failed to raise any reasonable doubt at the end of the defence case against all amended charges.
As reported by Sinar Harian, the court also ordered the accused to serve an additional 21 months in prison if he failed to pay the fine.
"For the charge of threatening under Section 506 of the Penal Code, the accused is sentenced to five years in prison and fined RM10,000, while for the second charge, which is uttering words that insult Islam under Section 298 of the same code, the accused is sentenced to one year in prison and fined RM10,000.
"For the charge of intentionally causing injury to the personal security guard under Section 323 of the same code, the accused is sentenced to 10 months in prison and fined RM2,000. All prison sentences will run separately," she said.
The court also rejected the accused's application to delay the imprisonment while awaiting an appeal in the High Court here.
As a result, he was immediately ordered to be sent to Kajang Prison starting Friday (March 28)
The defence was represented by lawyer Abdul Hakeem Aiman, while the prosecution was handled by Deputy Public Prosecutor Nuruljannah Aimi.
