Actress fined RM4,000 for assaulting Brunei woman

Actress fined RM4,000 for assaulting Brunei woman

Lydiawati changes her plea to guilty for causing hurt to Sharifah Harnizam by hitting her with a steel object.

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KUALA LUMPUR: A popular actress of the 80’s, Lydiawati, was fined RM4,000, in default 14 months’ jail, by the Ampang Magistrate’s Court here today for causing hurt to a Brunei businesswoman in March last year.

Magistrate Haslinda A Raof handed down the sentence to the actress, whose real name is Salina Zaimon , 51, after she changed her plea to guilty.

The single mother of two children, who became popular through the movie “Suami, Isteri dan …”, paid the fine.

Lydiawati was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to Sharifah Harnizam Wan Musa, 43, by hitting her with a steel object at a hotel in Ampang here at 6.30pm on March 24, 2016.

The charge, under Section 324 of the Penal Code, provides for imprisonment for up to three years, a fine, or whipping, or any two of the punishments, upon conviction.

In mitigation, Lydiawati, represented by lawyer Fatimah Zahrah Ramli, said she had no fixed income.

Deputy public prosecutor Raihanah Abd Razak prosecuted.

On March 25 last year, Lydiawati had uploaded two videos on her Facebook account, allegedly showing her beating the woman.

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