A Yemeni information technology (IT) consultant was fined RM400 by the Petaling Jaya Magistrate’s Court today, for dressing up as a suicide bomber while on the way to a Halloween party last month.

Magistrate Nurulhuda Zakariya meted out the punishment to Amjad Jalal Ahmed Al-Dahan, 34, after he pleaded guilty to the offence when the charge was read by an interpreter in English.

The court also ordered Amjad to be jailed for four days, if he failed to pay the fine. He paid the fine.

Amjad was charged with committing public nuisance by dressing up as a suicide bomber at Armanee Terrace Condominium in Damansara at 7.40pm, on Oct 28.

He was charged under Section 290 of the Penal Code, which carries maximum fine of RM400.

Earlier, counsel Sri N Saraswathy Devi, who represented Amjad, appealed for leniency on the grounds that he had been remanded for a week and had apologised for his actions.

However, Deputy Public Prosecutor Norazalina Razali, pressed for a heavy punishment to serve as a lesson to Amjad and the public.

Residents of a condominium lodged a police report after spotting a man dressed as a suicide bomber in an elevator last month.

-- Bernama