The Kota Kinabalu magistrates’ court sentenced a 19-year-old student to a month in jail and fined her RM5,000 for inducing her own miscarriage.PETALING JAYA: A 19-year-old woman has been sentenced to a month in jail and fined RM5,000 by the Kota Kinabalu magistrates’ court for inducing her own miscarriage.
Magistrate Marilyn Kelvin convicted the woman after she pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 312 of the Penal Code, The Borneo Post reported.
She was also ordered to serve eight months in jail if she failed to pay the fine.
The offence took place at a rented house in Kota Kinabalu on May 15.
