Judge Shahrul Rizal Majid handed down the sentence on Siti Amiza Baharuddin, 27, after she maintained her guilty plea to the optional charge. He ordered that she serve the sentence from the arrest date on June 6, Bernama reported.

Siti Amiza was charged with committing the offence at a condominium unit in Bukit Mahkota, Kajang, at 4pm on June 6.

The charge was framed under Section 372B of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison, a fine, or both, upon conviction.

Siti Amiza pleaded with the court to impose a fine instead of a jail term, citing remorse for her actions and also because she was pregnant.

Deputy public prosecutor Nurul Afiqah Abdul Ghaffar, however, requested the court to impose a prison term on the accused, considering the public’s interest in the case and the nature of the offence.

According to the facts of the case, police raided the condominium unit and, upon inspection of Siti Amiza’s phone, found that she had used social media to solicit clients for prostitution.

Checks with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission revealed that the accused used Facebook and Telegram to commit the offence.

On June 19, Siti Amiza was sentenced to one month in prison and fined RM12,500 by the magistrates’ court in Bangi after pleading guilty to charges of possessing obscene materials and unregistered medicine.