Ex-driver now pleads guilty to threatening judge, jailed 3 months
Fareez Zin made threatening and slanderous remarks against Justice Gan Techiong in two voice notes and a phone call with the judge's secretary.
A former driver of a judge has been sentenced to three months in prison for threatening Justice Gan Techiong, reports Harian Metro. Fareez Zin, 39, initially claimed trial after being charged with the offense in May. However, he later pleaded guilty in the Kuala Lumpur magistrates' court. Prosecutor Iman Nurhidayah Ezani urged for a sentence commensurate with the gravity of the crime, while Fareez's lawyer, Shah Rizal Abdul Manan, requested a more lenient punishment, citing the defendant's responsibility for three children and an unemployed spouse.
The charge against Fareez stems from threatening and belittling remarks made in voice notes and a phone conversation with the judge's secretary at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on May 8.
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