Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Bung Moktar pleads guilty to polygamy without consent



KUALA LUMPUR (April 20, 2010): The Member of Parliament for Kinabatangan, Datuk Bung Moktar Radin and his wife, actress Zizie Izette Abdul Samad, pleaded guilty at the Gombak Timur Lower Syariah Court, here to the charge of committing polygamy without the court's permission, at the end of last year.

Bung Moktar, 51, was accused of committing the offence with Zizie, 31, at house No 12, Jalan TC2B/3 Cemerlang Heights, Taman Melati, Gombak at 8.50pm on Dec 16, last year. He was charged under Section 124 of the Islamic Family Law Enactment (State of Selangor) No.2 Year 2003 which provides for a fine of not more than RM1,000 or a jail term of not more than six months or both. Zizie was also charged under Section 40 (2) of the same Enactment for marrying Bung Moktar without the consent of the Registrar of Marriage, Divorce and Reconciliation at the same place, time and date.

In addition, Zizie was also accused of abetting Bung Moktar in committing polygamy without consent of the court while Bung Mokhtar was accused of abetting Zizie in marrying without the court's consent. Syarie judge Wan Mahyuddin Wan Muhammad later released the couple on oral bail of RM500 each with one guarantor each and fixed May 18 for counsel Amli Embong, who represented the couple, to submit mitigation in writing. Selangor Syariah Division Public Prosecutor Shafezan Rusli appeared for the prosecution.

Meanwhile in the same court, two elder brother and a younger brother of Zizie as well as two others also pleaded guilty today to the charge of abetting in the polygamy case. Ahmad Shahazmi Abdul Samad, 48, Samzy Fuzette Abdul Samad, 34, Shaheizy Sam Abdul Samad, 27, and two friends of the Kinabatangan MP, Sahari Ahmad, 54, and Titing Putang, 56, were charged with committing the offence at house No 12, Jalan TC2B/3 Cemerlang Heights, Taman Melati, Gombak at 8.50pm on Dec 16, last year.

For this offence, they were charged under Section 134 of the Islamic Family Law Enactment (State of Selangor) No.2 Year 2003 which provides for a fine of not more than RM1,000 or imprisonment of not more than six months or both. Meanwhile, Ahmad Shahazmi was also charged with giving away Zizie in marriage to Bung Moktar without consent of the marriage registrar at the same place, time and date.


Source Sun2Surf April 21, 2010

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