00:00 A restaurant worker pleaded not guilty at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrates' Court on Friday to a charge of stalking a female newsreader.
00:07 Muhammad Azhari Alias Azhari Abdul Rahman was accused of stalking Aina Camilla Jamaluddin by sending messages to her on social media
00:16 and repeatedly going to her workplace at Awesome TV on September 17.
00:21 He was charged under Section 507A of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum jail term of three years or a fine or both upon conviction.
00:30 After the charges were read out in court, the accused kept saying he only wanted to meet the victim.
00:35 Prosecuting officer ASP Muhammad Sapri Yaakob offered bail at RM3,000 with one surety.
00:42 However, the accused's lawyer, Muhammad Zaidi Uthman, said his client's family was unable to pose bail and requested that Muhammad Azhari to be sent to hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.
00:54 He said his client was registered at HKL's department of psychiatry but did not go for treatment.
01:00 Muhammad Sapri did not object to the application. The court denied bail and set October 6 to obtain records on the accused's mental health.
01:09 For more information visit www.fema.gov
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