KUCHING: A Vietnamese woman was fined RM3,300, in default four months’ jail, by the Magistrates’ Court here on Tuesday (March 8) for prostitution.
The accused, Nguyen Thi Van, 33, pleaded guilty to the charge read to her by an interpreter before magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali.
Nguyen was accused of committing the offence at a massage parlour in Jalan Setia Raja here at 3.30pm on Feb 17.
In a separate case, another woman, this time from Indonesia, was fined RM2,400, in default four months’ imprisonment, for the same offence.
Magistrate Zaiton Annuar passed sentence on Marina Yati, 48, after she pleaded guilty.