Man fined for threatening DBKL officer over balloon vendor incident

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A father of five has been fined RM6,000, in default five months' jail, by the Magistrate's Court in Kuala Lumpur after pleading guilty to threatening a Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) enforcement officer over the balloon vendor incident in March 2025.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2as8ccjm  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A father of five was fined 6,000 ringgit in default of five months jail by the KL Magistrates

00:08Court on Monday after pleading guilty to threatening a DBKL enforcement officer over the balloon

00:14vendor incident in late March.

00:16Fifty-seven-year-old clothing trader Mustafa Sulaiman was charged with making a statement

00:21with the intent to incite others to commit an offence against DBKL officer Mohammad Shahli

00:27Zaini Mohammad Zulkepli.

00:29The charge under Section 505 Subsection B of the Penal Code carries a maximum sentence

00:35of two years imprisonment, a fine or both.

00:40He was also charged with criminal intimidation for sending a WhatsApp message to the same

00:44victim threatening to cause death or injury under Section 506 of the Penal Code which carries

00:52a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment or a fine or both.

00:58Both offences were committed at the DBKL enforcement tower in Bandartun Razak at 10.30 a.m. on April

01:067.

01:07Mustafa's lawyer, Zafir Firdaus Ahmad Zuberi pleaded for a minimal fine, citing that his client

01:13is the sole breadwinner for his wife, children and mother-in-law.

01:17He submitted that it was his client's first offence and that the statement, which was made

01:22in a WhatsApp group, did not amount to incitement.

01:25Deputy Public Prosecutor Amritpreet Kaurandhawa, however, pressed for a deterrent sentence, arguing

01:32that the WhatsApp screenshot clearly contained threats, incitement and elements of intimidation

01:38directed at a DBKL enforcement officer in the course of his official duties.

01:43He added that the accused acted with malicious intent to undermine the reputation of the

01:48mayor and to incite harm against DBKL enforcement personnel.

01:54While meeting out the sentence, Magistrate Farah Nabiha Muhammad Dan stressed that public

01:59interest must prevail, noting the accused's remarks were akin to pouring fuel on fire.

02:05She said the court hopes the sentence will serve as a lesson to the accused.

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