Man to serve six-month jail sentence for insulting woman’s modesty


SIBU: A 29-year-old man was sentenced to six months and 14 days in jail for insulting a woman’s modesty as he was unable to pay the RM4,000 fine that was part of the penalty handed down by a Magistrate’s Court here.

The accused – Thomas Renga Rabing – was initially sentenced to 14 days in prison and a RM4,000 fine, or six months jail in default of the fine.

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