Magistrate Mohd Firdaus Salleh handed down the sentence to Soon Wei Meng, 42, who pleaded guilty to two charges.

He sentenced Soon, who was unrepresented, to six months’ jail on each count.

The sentences are to be served concurrently from today. This means Soon will only serve six months in jail for both offences.

On the first count, Soon, who is a single father, was charged under Section 506 of the Penal Code with criminally intimidating Loke Yee Wei, 33, with a rattan cane.

The offence was committed when Loke was on duty on Jalan Tokong, Jonker Walk here, at 6.45pm on June 24.

Soon was also charged under Section 186 of the Penal Code with obstructing Loke from discharging his duty at the same location, time and day.

In mitigation, Soon said he had two children and ailing parents to support.

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