00:04A man and woman were each sentenced to one year in jail at the Magistrates Court in Georgetown
00:10on Thursday for engaging in a sexual act at Batu Gantung Chinese Cemetery.
00:1558-year-old M. Jagathezen and 37-year-old Halila Abu Bakar pleaded guilty to committing the
00:22offence and were charged under Section 377D of the Penal Code for Gross Indecency in a
00:29public place.
00:30Their lawyer R. Purantharan mitigated for a lighter sentence, citing Halila's unemployment
00:36and Jagathezen being the sole breadwinner for his family.
00:40However, the deputy public prosecutor Lau Shavin urged a deterrent sentence, noting the offence
00:46occurred at a cemetery and stressing the need to set an example.
00:49The case drew public outrage after a video showing a naked man and a partially undressed
00:55woman seated on a tombstone went viral.
00:59iver.com.
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