Indonesian labourer jailed six months for molesting nurse at hospital
KUCHING: An Indonesian labourer was yesterday sentenced to six months in jail for outraging the modesty of a 23-year-old nurse, who was treating him for leptospirosis at a hospital here.
Kusno, 52, pleaded guilty to the charge before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali who convicted him under Section 354 of the Penal Code and ordered that the jail term take effect on Aug 18 last year – the date of his arrest.
Also, he will be deported after serving time.
Kusno had initially pleaded not guilty to the charge when appearing in court last year.
According to the brief fact of the case, Kusno had molested the 23-year-old nurse at 8pm on Aug 9 2020.
When the nurse was preparing the treatment for him, Kusno touched her private part and uttered the words: “I want this.”
He did it again when the nurse questioned him, sending the nurse fleeing to her co-workers for help.
Kusno, who hails from West Java, had yesterday pleaded with the court for clemency and also to be returned home soon.
In an unrelated case yesterday, another Indonesian national was fined RM10,000 in default three months’ imprisonment for operating online gambling by using his smart phone.
The 17-year-old accused who was not represented, pleaded guilty to the charge before the same court which convicted him under Section 4B (a) of the Common Gaming House Act 1953.
The teenager from Sambas committed the offence at 5.15pm on Jan 13 this year at a commercial center at Jalan Stutong here.