Peeping Tom gets three-month jail

A Myanmarese man was caught red-handed and splashed with water when he coughed while spying on a woman in a toilet at the Ampang Hospital here two weeks ago.

Not only that, he was also sentenced to three months' jail by the Magistrate's Court here Friday.

Magistrate Mohamad Firdaus Sadina Ali passed the sentenced on the 36-year-old Raju after he pleaded guilty to the charge of outraging the modesty of the woman, who is a factory worker, at the hospital's toilet at 11.45 pm on July 9.

The charge under Section 509 of the Penal Code carries a maximum jail term of five years or fine or both, upon conviction.

The court ordered the man to serve the sentence from the date of his arrest on July 10.

In mitigation, Raju who was not represented appealed for a lighter punishment as he was just a scrap metal collector.

Deputy public prosecutor Norhashimah Hashim, however, pressed for a deterrent punishment as a lesson for himself, and for others.

-- BERNAMA