00:00A labourer has been sentenced to five months jail and a RM2,000 fine for threatening to
00:06harm actor-comedian Harith Iskandar's daughter.
00:09Magistrate S. Magiswari meted out the sentence on Izzuddin Salim 31 after he pleaded guilty.
00:15Izzuddin was charged with making the threat via WhatsApp to Harith's ex-wife, Dr. Jessamine
00:20Lim, with a picture of their daughter attached in the message.
00:24According to the charge sheet in a WhatsApp message at 8.50am on January 23rd, Izzuddin
00:29warned Lim that I'm after your daughter and that police will protect you but police won't
00:34protect your daughter.
00:35The charge was framed under Section 506 of the Penal Code for Criminal Intimidation,
00:40which is punishable with imprisonment for up to seven years or a fine or both upon conviction.
00:45Before the sentence was meted out, Izzuddin, who was not represented by a lawyer, apologised
00:49to the court and expressed regret over his actions.
00:54Natasha Biest, FMT News.
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