Medical grad gets more jail time for pimping teen

PUTRAJAYA: A medical graduate of a university in Egypt has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and one stroke of the rotan by the Special Criminal Court on Sexual Crimes against Children for living on the earnings of prostitution involving a 14-year-old girl.

Khairul Azzuar Yusoff, 30, was handed the punishment after he changed his plea to guilty for committing the offence at a hotel in Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur, between 2pm and 3.30pm on Jan 26, 2017.

Judge Yong Zarida Sazali ordered the sentence to run concurrently with the 10 years and two strokes meted out by Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court judge Datin M. Kunasundary on Wednesday for pimping via the WeChat application, and living off prostitution.

Khairul Azzuar was also handed 14 years’ jail and two strokes of the rotan by Kunasundary on March 23 for similar offences.

Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Jasmee Hameeza Jaafar urged the court to impose a deterrent sentence, considering that Khairul Azzuar changed his plea to guilty only after a number of prosecution witnesses had been called.

“This is a serious offence and is not only wrong in the eyes of the law, but also in religion. The accused is an intelligent person, and as an adult should be able to differentiate between right and wrong.

“This case involved a gullible child. I urge the court to impose an appropriate sentence, so that the accused would repent and not repeat the offence when he gets out of jail,” she said.

According to the facts of the case, the victim confirmed to the police that she had been prostituting herself on the accused’s offer, and claimed she gave the money paid to her by two clients to the accused. — Bernama