Unemployed man fined RM3,000 for threatening TV cameraman


JOHOR BARU: An unemployed man has been fined RM3,000 by the Magistrate's Court here after pleading guilty to a charge of threatening a TV cameraman who was covering his case.

Magistrate Nabilah Nizam meted out the fine, in default four months in jail, on Muhammad Firdaus Abdullah, 50, was charged under Section 506 of the Penal Code with criminal intimidation for making threatening remarks to the cameraman at about 9am at the Johor Baru Court on Wednesday (June 25).

According to the facts of the case, Muhammad Firdaus threatened the cameraman who was with three other media photographers covering a gang-related case. – Bernama

 

 

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