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'Five months' jail for hugging girlfriend excessive'
KUALA LAMPUR: A high court judge in Malaysia has ruled that sentencing a person to five months in jail for hugging his girlfriend was "excessive".
Justice Abdul Rahim Uda allowed a 29-year-old rubber tapper's appeal that his jail sentence be reduced and ordered him to be fined RM1,500 (approx. $ 450) instead.
"They were boyfriend and girlfriend. The five months jail sentence is excessive. Because of this, no one will dare to date our young women," he said in his order on Monday.
Mohamed Roslan Zainal had appealed after being convicted for outraging the modesty of his then 19-year-old girlfriend, it was reported.
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