Man gets five months in prison, fine for criminally intimidating Harith Iskander's ex-wife

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A 31-year-old man has been sentenced by a Magistrate's Court in Kuala Lumpur to five months in prison and a RM2,000 fine after he pleaded guilty to criminally intimidating the ex-wife of comedian and actor Harith Iskander via text message.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/59mc6yzb  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court sentenced a 31-year-old man to five months in prison

00:11and a fine of 2,000 ringgit on Friday.

00:14The accused, Izzuddin Madsalim, had pleaded guilty to a charge of criminally intimidating

00:20the ex-wife of comedian and actor Harith Iskander via a text message.

00:25According to the charge sheet, Izzuddin had sent a WhatsApp with a photo that contained

00:29threatening words which meant that he would commit rape and murder.

00:34The message was received and read by Harith's ex-wife, Dr. Jezamin Lim, who is also his

00:42manager, at a restaurant in Kuala Lumpur at 8.50am on January 23.

00:48The charge, under Section 506 of the Penal Code, provides a maximum of seven years in

00:54jail or a fine or both, upon conviction.

00:58During proceedings, Izzuddin, who was unrepresented, apologized for his action and said he had

01:04only intended to play with Harith's emotions.

01:08Magistrate S. Majiswari ordered the accused to serve another month in jail if he fails

01:11to pay the fine.

01:14When met at the court complex, Harith said he respected the court's decision and described

01:19the apology by the accused as being directed to the magistrate instead of him.

01:24Lim, who was teary-eyed, declined to comment.

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