Housewife jailed 6 months for insulting Prophet Muhammad

Housewife jailed 6 months for insulting Prophet Muhammad

Magistrate's Court also fines mother of two RM15,000.

Tham-Yut-Mooi
IPOH: A housewife was sentenced to a total of six months’ jail and fined RM15,000 by the Magistrate’s Court here today after she was found guilty on three counts of insulting Prophet Muhammad.

Magistrate Siti Hanum Mohmad Sah handed down the sentence on Tham Yut Mooi after the defence failed to raise reasonable doubts against the prosecution’s case.

Tham, 46, was charged with making offensive remarks against the Prophet at the Abu Ubaidah Mosque, Jalan Perpaduan, Taman Perpaduan Ulu Kinta here at about 5.30pm on May 4 last year.

The remarks, which were intended to annoy others, were heard by Mohd Halim Buyong, 44, Abdul Rahim Mat Diah, 53, and Mohd Yunos Harun, 73.

The court however allowed a stay of the sentence pending an appeal and set bail at RM5,000 with one surety.

Tham was also ordered to surrender her passport to the court.

The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Fadhli Ab Wahab, while Tham, who has two children, was represented by lawyer Chiang Woei Chien.

 

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