Jobless man fined RM5,000 for breaking windows of police station, ex-gf's car

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An unemployed man has been fined a total of RM5,000 by the Magistrate's Court in Melaka after pleading guilty to two charges of vandalising a police station and his ex-girlfriend's car.  Muhammad Hidayat Burhan, 25, entered his guilty plea after the two charges were read to him before Magistrate Nur Afiqah Radhiah Zainurin on Wednesday (Jan 15).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/22a72tcz  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00An unemployed man was fined 5,000 ringgit by the magistrate's court in Malacca after

00:07pleading guilty to two charges of vandalising a police station and his ex-girlfriend's

00:12car.

00:1325-year-old Muhammad Hidayat Burhan entered his guilty plea after the two charges were

00:18read to him before Magistrate Nur Afiqah Radia Zainurin on Wednesday.

00:23The court also ordered the accused to serve eight months in prison if he failed to pay

00:28the fine.

00:29For the first charge, he was accused of vandalism by throwing a hammer at the Tanjung Keling

00:34police station and shattering one of its glass panels, resulting in damage estimated at 2,000

00:41ringgit.

00:42The offence was committed at 10.10pm on January 7.

00:46For the second charge, he was accused of vandalism by smashing the window of a car at a house

00:51in Batu Tuju, Tanjung Minyak at 10.30pm on January 8.

00:56It is understood that the accused was unhappy because his ex-girlfriend had just married

01:01another man.

01:02Muhammad Hidayat was prosecuted under Section 427 of the Penal Code for both charges, which

01:09carries a jail sentence of one to five years, or a fine or both upon conviction.

01:15The court ordered the accused to pay a fine of 2,500 ringgit for each charge.

01:20He later paid the fines.

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