KUALA LUMPUR: A food shop assistant who went viral for peeping on a woman while she was in a toilet cubicle at the Sentul LRT station has been fined RM3,500 by a Magistrate’s Court here.
Magistrate Aina Azahra Arifin meted out the fine yesterday, in default of four months’ jail, on Abdul Samad Rosman, 23, after he pleaded guilty to insulting the modesty of the 44-year-old woman at the toilet in Bandar Baru Sentul at 8am on April 16.
The charge was framed under Section 509 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment, a fine, or both, upon conviction, Bernama reported.
Deputy public prosecutor Shafika Azwa Fikri urged the court to impose an appropriate sentence as a deterrent, taking into account public safety and interest.
However, defence counsel CH Low from the National Legal Aid Foundation pleaded for leniency, citing the accused’s financial hardship and remorse for his actions.
The case drew public attention after the victim shared a video of the suspect, who was detained by auxiliary police at the LRT station, as a warning to others to remain vigilant.
