SHE is a young woman, 30 years old. Perhaps not as young as she used to be but in these times, the definition of womanhood and its onset can be customised to suit any man’s preference.
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She comes from a rather large family, with six other siblings, though family ties are not on the best of terms. Their parents have passed on. Perhaps they were the glue, now gone, that bound the family together.
She married a man. Perhaps they were in love.
They have a child, now seven but their marriage ended, for better or for worse, five months after she gave birth. Perhaps “tiada jodoh”.
Since then, an elder sister has helped to look after the child, while she looks for money. She receives none from the father, who pays scant attention to them. Perhaps he’s busy with more important things.
She offers sex services to make ends meet and the other day, she was caught with a man at a hotel in Terengganu by the authorities. Perhaps it was bound to happen, sooner or later.
It is a crime under the state’s Islamic enactments for a Muslim woman to do such things. The law is very specific on this, although it is silent on the criminality of men offering sex services, or of men failing to provide financial support for their children, for that matter. Perhaps it never occurred to the lawmakers.
Section 25. An act preparatory to prostitute.
Any woman who does an act preparatory to prostitute herself shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding RM5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to whipping not exceeding six strokes or to any combination thereof.
She pleaded guilty to the charge and asked for a light sentence, given her circumstances. She can’t afford to pay a fine. Perhaps she will get some sympathy.
There is no news yet on whether the man with her in the hotel room has been or will be charged for any crime under Terengganu’s shariah laws. Perhaps he is not a Muslim.
It is a crime in the state for Muslim men and women to conduct an “act preparatory to sexual intercourse out of wedlock”, although the maximum prescribed fine and imprisonment are less than that for a woman guilty of offering sex services, and there is no provision for whipping. Perhaps it’s not as bad.
Section 29. An act preparatory to sexual intercourse out of wedlock.
Any person who does an act preparatory to sexual intercourse out of wedlock shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding RM3,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
A few days from now, the judge will pass the sentence on her. Perhaps he will be lenient. – September 26, 2018.
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Posted 7 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply
the tin of baby milk is empty whete is the milk powder going to appear from?
Without milk powder how to feed the baby?
The baby needs the nutritious milk feeding.So the miserable mother SACRIFICES and yields to the life of a harlot to be abused at the hands of strangers so that at the end of the day there is milk powder for her growing baby. That is why she is called a mother.Amother will not just watvh her baby starve.Let God Almighty be the obvious Judge.
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