KOTA KINABALU: A 43-year-old woman from China was charged with prostitution at a Magistrate’s Court here yesterday.
Yang Xinhua, who appeared before magistrate Cindy Mc Juce Balitus, was alleged to have committed the offence at a hotel at Jalan Pasar in Kampung Air here at 10.40pm on Aug 13.
Represented by counsel Alex Lee, she was charged under Section 372B of the Penal Code which carries a maximum jail of two years and also liable to a fine upon conviction.
The court fixed September 24 this year for the trial and released the accused on a RM3,000 bail deposited with two local sureties.
Balitus also ordered the accused to report to the nearest police station once in two weeks and the court impounded her passport.
Meanwhile, the same court jailed a self-employed local man for six months for breaking into the house of a local man.
Abdul Malik Abdul Hamid, 37, pleaded guilty to trespassing onto the house at Kampung Kopungit here on August 8.
He was convicted under Section 448 of the Penal Code which is punishable by a jail term of up to one year or with a fine, or with both.
Inspector Azaman Hamat prosecuted.