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Transgender fined for offering sex service to policeman
Chan Chew Mun, 43, was charged with offering sexual service to Lance Corporal Elvis Parikos in front of a shop at Jalan Petaling here at 5.30 pm last Sept 30.
A transgender was fined RM800 by the Magistrate's Court here today for offering sexual service to a policeman two days ago.
Magistrate Mohd Rehan Mohd Aris imposed the fine, in default a month's jail, on Chan Chew Mun, 43, who pleaded guilty to the offence.
Chan was charged with offering sexual service to Lance Corporal Elvis Parikos in front of a shop at Jalan Petaling here at 5.30 pm last Sept 30.
The charge, under Section 372 of the Penal Code, carries an imprisonment for up to a year, or fine, or both, if found guilty.
In mitigation, lawyer Zulkifli Awang, representing Chan, said his client, who is a transgender, had no other job and had to support his ailing mother and other family members.
Deputy public prosecutor Farah Aimy Zainul Anwar prosecuted.
Chan paid the fine.
Magistrate Mohd Rehan Mohd Aris imposed the fine, in default a month's jail, on Chan Chew Mun, 43, who pleaded guilty to the offence.
Chan was charged with offering sexual service to Lance Corporal Elvis Parikos in front of a shop at Jalan Petaling here at 5.30 pm last Sept 30.
The charge, under Section 372 of the Penal Code, carries an imprisonment for up to a year, or fine, or both, if found guilty.
In mitigation, lawyer Zulkifli Awang, representing Chan, said his client, who is a transgender, had no other job and had to support his ailing mother and other family members.
Deputy public prosecutor Farah Aimy Zainul Anwar prosecuted.
Chan paid the fine.