KUCHING, Oct 28: A 35-year-old e-hailing driver is sentenced to jail for two years after admitting he molested a young woman he met through the ride-hailing platform.
Lim Soon Kien, who had no lawyer, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan to outraging the modesty of the 19-year-old. The sentence runs from today onwards.
He was charged under Section 354 of the Penal Code, which provides for up to 10 years’ jail, a fine, whipping, or a combination of any two.
The court heard that the incident took place at about 6.40pm on Oct 23 in a car parked behind a college hostel at Pine Square, Jalan Batu Kawa.
