Man in Kuching gets jail, fine for insulting modesty of woman and punching her face

[BorneoPost] - 12/24/2024

KUCHING (Dec 24): The Magistrates’ Court here yesterday sentenced a man to three months in jail and fined him RM2,000 in default four months’ jail for insulting the modesty of a woman and punching her in the face. Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan convicted Mohd Ariffshahrin Bujang, 24, on his own (…)



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