MELAKA: A 25-year-old factory worker was fined RM2,800 by the Magistrate’s Court in Ayer Keroh here for possessing and disseminating intimate videos involving her former husband and another woman.
Magistrate Nur Afiqah Radhiah Zainurin meted out the sentence after the woman pleaded guilty.
According to the charge, the accused was found in possession of obscene videos and images stored on a mobile phone.
The offence was committed along Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama in the Melaka Tengah district on Jan 11.
Based on the statement of facts, the complainant received a video recording from her sister in December last year.
The recording was sent via a telephone number believed to belong to the former wife of a man known to the complainant.
The video allegedly showed the complainant engaged in sexual activity with the accused’s former husband and was said to have been recorded without the complainant’s knowledge or consent.
A police report was subsequently lodged by the complainant, claiming she was aggrieved by the accused’s alleged action in distributing the video recording.
The charge against the accused was framed under Section 292 of the Penal Code, which carries a penalty of up to three years’ imprisonment, a fine, or both upon conviction.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Siti Nur Alia Safri urged the court to impose a deterrent sentence, arguing that the offence involved obscene material depicting identifiable individuals and not only breached the law but also violated the dignity and privacy of those involved.
The accused, who was unrepresented, appealed for leniency, telling the court that she had been emotionally distressed at the time as she had suffered a miscarriage.
The court fined her RM2,800, in default of six months’ imprisonment.
