GEORGE TOWN: A former aide to a Penang assemblyman was sentenced to three years’ jail and fined RM7,000 for molesting a 21-year-old part-time bar waitress at a nightclub on Beach Street here two years ago.
Prem Anand Loganathan, 52, who is also a former councillor, was granted a stay of execution by the Magistrate’s Court here pending an appeal against the sentence at the High Court.
Magistrate Jamaliah Abd Manap granted Prem bail of RM30,000 with two sureties on condition that he reports to the nearest police station once a month.
Earlier, she sentenced the accused to three years jail from the day he was charged – July 18, 2017- and fined him RM7,000.
Prem was charged with molesting the waitress, aged 21, under Section 354 of the Penal Code for assault or use of criminal force with the intent to outrage the modesty of a person.
A popular Penang DAP grassroots leader and former aide to an assemblyman, Prem was accused of committing the offence at a car park of an entertainment outlet on Beach Street at 11.30pm on July 6, 2017.
Prem was a Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) councillor from 2008 to 2013. - FMT
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