Court fines man RM3,000 for suicide attempt

For trying to commit suicide by jumping from the balcony of his flat, a man whose action went viral on social media last Saturday was fined RM3,000 by the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court today.

Magistrate Tawfiq Affandy Chin also ordered the 28-year-old unemployed man to serve three months in jail if he failed to pay the fine.

The accused pleaded guilty to attempting suicide by trying to jump from the building through the balcony fence of his unit at a flat block in Jalan Cheras at 4.45am, on Aug 1.

He was sentenced under Section 309 of the Penal Code which provides for a maximum jail term of one year or a fine or both.

Deputy public prosecutor Nurilya Ellyna Nor Azmal asked the court to impose an appropriate sentence as a lesson because the man had inconvenienced many parties.

The accused, who was not represented, appealed for a lenient sentence and promised not to repeat the act.

In the same court, four friends pleaded not guilty to the charge of masquerading as police officers in front of a clothing dealer.

Abu Hasan Mohd Andar, 45; Yap Kian Ang, 36; Mohd Najwan Abd Rahim, 33, and Rachman Helmi Nordin, 33, were charged together with deliberately passing themselves off as police officers to Zulhaffizie Zulkarnain, 23, in an apartment in Jalan Robertson, Dang Wangi at 5.15am on July 27.

They were charged under Section 170 of the Penal Code and read together with Section 34 of the same code which provides for a maximum jail term of two years or with a fine or both if convicted.

Tawfiq allowed Mohd Najwan and Rachman Helmi to be released on a bail of RM3,000 each in one surety while the other two accused did not have anybody to bail them.

The court also set Aug 19 for mention and for the appointment of a lawyer.

- Bernama

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