‘Datuk T’ fined for sex video
By Clara Chooi,The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — The “Datuk T” trio pleaded guilty and were fined in a magistrate’s court here this morning over their involvement in the screening of a sex video allegedly featuring Pakatan Rakyat de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Former Malacca Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik was charged with abetting former Perkasa treasurer-general Datuk Shuib Lazim and businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah in “openly” screening the pornographic material featuring sex acts between a man and a woman at the prestigious Carcosa Seri Negara Hotel here on March 21.
Shazryl was fined RM3,000 or three months’ jail, Shuib was fined RM1,500 or two months’ jail while Abdul Rahim was fined RM1,000 or one month’s jail.
The three committed the offence between 10am and noon at the Seri Makmur room in the hotel.
Shazryl and Shuib were charged under section 292 (a) of the Penal Code while the charge against Abdul Rahim, also under the same section, was read together with section 109 of the Penal Code for abetment.
The three face a maximum three-year jail term, or fine, or both.
The trio’s lawyers had earlier protested against the charges when they were read in court and requested to meet with magistrate Aizatul Akmal Maharani in chambers.
After a 30-minute discussion, the lawyers emerged and the trio pleaded guilty to the same charges.
