Cop jailed two years for outraging modesty

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal yesterday convicted and sentenced a police inspector to two years jail for outraging the modesty of a female staff in a elevator of a police headquarters in Negeri Sembilan in 2012.

A three-man bench comprising Justices Datuk Ahmadi Asnawi, Datuk Abdul Rahman Sebli and Datuk Kamardin Hashim overturned N. Prabu’s acquittal on the charge after allowing the prosecution’s appeal.

Prabu, 34, was ordered to begin his jail sentence yesterday.

Justice Ahmadi, who chaired the bench, said the court imposed the two year jail sentence after considering the fact that Prabu was a police inspector and the deputy head of the Narcotics division of the Jempol police district headquarters when the offence was committed.

He said the sentence should serve as a lesson to the Prabu.

Prabu was charged with outraging the modesty of the 39year-old woman by touching her breast in the lift at the Negeri Sembilan Police Contingent Headquarters at 12.30 pm on Nov 29, 2012.

He was initially discharged and acquitted by the Magistrates Court at the end of the prosecution’s case without his defence being called and the High Court had upheld the decision.

On an appeal by the prosecution, the Court of Appeal ordered Prabu to enter his defence. - Bernama