SEBERANG PERAI, Feb. 24 -- A Sessions Court here fined a businessman RM8,000 after he admitted to five charges of sending obscene photos to a 46-year-old woman in 2017.

Sessions Court judge Noor Aini Yusof ordered Chang Yoon Siong, 31, to pay a fine of RM1,600 for each charge in default of one month's jail.

"The handphone used in this case will be forfeited and surrendered to the government after the case proper, including appeal, if any," she said when delivering her sentence after Chang pleaded guilty to the charges.

Chang had admitted to sending obscene photos, through WhatsApp, with the intention of hurting Fong Ying Chee from Taman Aman Jaya, Bukit Mertajam near here on January 8 in 2017.

He had sent five WhatsApp messages contai...