MELAKA: A 33-year-old religious school teacher was fined a total of RM12,000 by the Magistrate's Court in Ayer Keroh here for three offences of cheating two women into sex and in possession of pornographic images in his mobile phone.
The fine was imposed by Magistrate Sharda Shienha Mohd Suleiman after Ahmad Saifullah Abdul Khalid pleaded guilty to the three charges were read to him on Tuesday (Oct 10).
Based on the charge sheet for two of the offences, the accused had fleeced two women, aged 19 and 33, by offering them loans totalling RM300 and RM2,000 respectively.
The accused made the two women believed that the loans existed before luring them to have sex with him.
The offences were committed at separate locations. The first one took place at a hotel in Jalan PM4, Plaza Mahkota at 12.40am on March 21, and the second at Jalan Tebing Tinggi, Bukit Baru at 11am on Oct 1.
The charges were framed under Section 417 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum jail term of five years, or a fine, or both, if convicted.
In the third charge, Ahmad Saifullah was found to have been in possession of seven pornographic materials stored in his mobile phone at a tahfiz school at KM11, Solok Gaung, Bukit Lintang in Melaka Tengah district at 1.50pm on Oct 3.
The offence was framed under Section 292(a) of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum jail term of three years or a fine or both, upon conviction.
The court was also told that the accused had befriended the two women via social media.
Pleading for leniency, the accused, who was unrepresented, said he was supporting his parents and two small children while he regretted his acts.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Nor Asnini Kamarudin prosecuted.
The court imposed a fine of RM3,500 each for the two initial offences or three months imprisonment in default.
For the third offence, the court imposed a fine of RM5,000 and ordered the accused to serve ten months in jail if he failed to pay the fine.
The accused paid the fine.
