JOHOR BARU: A 32-year-old auxiliary policewoman has been fined RM1,500 by a Magistrate’s Court here on Tuesday (June 3) for hitting another woman at a shopping mall here.

Nur Shazlin Muhammed Sanusi pleaded guilty to the charge of voluntarily causing hurt to a 34-year-old woman near the mall’s main entrance at around 2.50pm on Jan 3.

According to the facts of the case, the accused had hit the victim several times in the stomach and chest and kicked her leg, which resulted in soft tissue injury.

The offence was framed under Section 323 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt.

Nur Shazlin was represented by a National Legal Aid Foundation lawyer who declined to be named.

The lawyer asked for a lighter sentence as the accused has been working as an auxiliary police for the past two years without issue.

“The incident stemmed from a verbal argument after she was provoked by the victim.

“I hope the court can take into consideration her guilty plea, following which, she could lose her job even though she is not a civil servant,” he said.

He added that the accused also has to take care of her parents and six siblings on a monthly salary of RM1,700.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Nur Fatihah Mohd Nizam asked the court to hand out a reasonable sentence to serve as a lesson to the accused and public.

The court ordered Nur Shazlin to pay a fine of RM1,500 in default two months’ jail.