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Malaysian MP gets a month's jail for polygamy | Kinabatangan member of parliament Bung Mokhtar Radin was
sentenced to a month's jail by the Gombak Timur Syariah Lower Court yesterday for committing polygamy without the court's consent. He will, however, appeal
within 14 days to the Syariah High Court against the sentence, The Star reports.
His lawyer, Amli Embong, said both Bung Mokhtar, 51, and his second wife, Zizie
Ezette Abd Samad, 32, an actress, would file an application to validate their
marriage soon. Zizie, who was charged with abetment, was fined RM1,000 or six
months' jail. She was also charged with getting married without the consent of
the registrar of marriages while Bung Mokhtar was charged with abetting her. For
these offences, both were fined RM1,000 or a month's jail. Judge Wan Mahyuddin
Wan Muhammad, in passing the sentence, said that as an MP, he should set a good
example to the people. In his judgment, Wan Mahyuddin said Bung Moktar and Zizie
were icons and the people would emulate their actions. "If they don't follow the
rules, it would appear that rules can be belittled by influential people," he
said, adding that the court needed to pass a severe penalty for society's sake.
Bung Mokhtar later said: "The court has made its decision. I was not expecting
anything in particular." |
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