KOTA BARU: Three men, including two university students, were fined between RM3,000 and RM4,000 after they admitted to keeping pornographic videos and images.
The accused, Muhammad Al Azamuddin Al Fadzil, 22, and Mohamad Syahmi Firas Mohd Jurij, 27, were each fined RM4,000, while Mohd Hanafi Ibrahim, 47, was fined RM3,000 after pleading guilty to the charges read separately before Magistrate Wan Mohd Izzat Wan Abdullah.
The three men were charged with possessing pornographic images and videos on their respective mobile phones at a house in Jalan Kemumin, Kampung Pulau Belacan, Panchor here, at 1.15am on June 18.
All three accused were charged under Section 292 of the Penal Code, which provides for a prison sentence of up to three years or a fine, or both, if convicted, Bernama reported.
Deputy public prosecutors Muhammad Nadzir Abdullah and Nur Haziqah Hassan represented the prosecution, while lawyer Chong Yin Xin represented the three accused.
Earlier, Muhammad Nadzir and Nur Haziqah requested the court to impose an appropriate sentence on the accused as a lesson to society, considering the accused’s immoral actions and violation of public norms.
However, Chong requested that her clients instead be given the minimum possible fine because they had all repented and promised to change.
