Crime & Courts

Engineer fined RM50 for exposing private parts to 12-year-old boy

BALIK PULAU: An engineer was fined RM50 by the magistrate's court here today after he pleaded guilty to exposing his private parts to a 12-year-old boy on April 23.

M. Ramesh, 49, pleaded guilty to the offence when the charge was read to him before magistrate Chia Huey Ting.

According to the charge sheet, Ramesh committed the offence inside a lift of a condominium in Lengkok Kelicap Sungai Ara, Bayan Lepas, at 7:25 pm.

He was charged under Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955, which carries a maximum penalty of a RM100 fine upon conviction.

Deputy public prosecutor Lim Jin Hong prosecuted, while Ramesh was represented by a lawyer from the National Legal Aid Foundation.

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