BANGI: A pregnant woman, popular with the moniker "Miza Ozawa", pleaded guilty at the Bandar Baru Bangi magistrate's court today with soliciting for the purpose of prostitution earlier this month.
Siti Amiza Baharuddin, 27, made her guilty plea after the charge was read out before magistrate Nurdiyanah Mohd Nawawi.
The charge sheet read that Siti Amiza had solicited subscriptions for the purpose of prostitution.
She committed the offence at about 4pm at a residential premises in Bandar Bukit Mahkota in Kajang on June 6.
The charge under Section 372B of the Penal Code provides for a jail term not more than a year or fine or both.
The magistrate, however, fixed June 24 for facts of the case and sentencing as well as for the charge to be heard before a Sessions Court judge.
The court did not offer bail.
In the same proceedings, Siti Amiza was served with two more charges of possessing pornographic materials and illegal potency enhancers.
On the first charge, she was jailed a month and fined RM6,500 in default seven months jail for possessing pornographic materials in her laptop and three handphones.
On the second charge, she was fined RM6,000 in default six months jail time for possessing two boxes of Secret Negro and two boxes of Dara Jelita which are products not registered under the Health Ministry.
She pleaded guilty to the offences which were committed at the same time, place and date.
The charge under Section 292(a) of the Penal Code carries jail up to three years or fine or both; while the breach of Paragraph 7(1)(a) of the Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulation 1984 and the offence under Paragraph 30(1) of Sale of Drug Act provides for a maximum RM25,000 fine or imprisonment not more than three years or both.
Deputy public prosecutor Siti Nur Liyana Mohd Sulaiman urged the court to mete out an appropriate sentence as a mere fine for the illegal possession of products would not serve as a lesson to the accused.
She said the court should take into consideration that the case was of public interest and the sentences should be served separately.
In mitigation, Siti Amiza had pleaded for a minimum bail as these were her first offences.
She said she had stopped selling the illegal products early this year when she fell pregnant.
"I am six months pregnant and have HIV. The savings I kept for my delivery have been confiscated by the authorities. I am not working and supporting myself," she pleaded.
On June 7, Bukit Aman Anti-Vice, Gambling and Secret Societies Division principal assistant director Senior Assistant Commissioner Mohamad Farouk Ehsak said a woman was arrested for her alleged involvement in promoting sexual activities and sales of sex products on social media where she could earn up to RM20,000 monthly.
He had said apart from the woman, four more suspects were also arrested.
He said investigations revealed that all of the suspects, including another woman, had conducted activities to promote sexual activities, selling pornographic videos and the potency enhancers on social media.
The syndicate's modus operandi was to solicit subscriptions, priced between RM450 and RM500 each, on Telegram.
They had used Whatsapp to contact customers to fix meet-ups with those who agreed with the sex services of the suspects.
Federal Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain had said police had seized RM30,000 in cash, several mobiles and a laptop.