IPOH, May 13 -- A mechanic was charged in the Magistrate's court here for stealing a 46-year-old woman's underwear last week.

Sin Kim Fatt, 48, pleaded guilty to the charge, which was read in Mandarin before magistrate Siti Nora Shariff.

Sin was accused of stealing the underwear from the woman's house on Lorong Kledang Timur 15A, Bandar Baru Menglembu, Menglembu here at 11.23am on May 6.

He was charged under Section 379 of the Penal Code, which provides for a penalty of up to seven years in prison, a fine, or both.

Sin's act was allegedly captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV), showing the suspect riding a motorcycle, stopping in front of the house and stealing undergarments that the victim had hung on the gate to dry.

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