2007 06: Man jailed for 12 months for offering underage girls for sex

The Star online. News. Nation. Thursday June 21, 2007

KUALA LUMPUR: He sold underage girls for the purpose of prostitution four years ago.

At the age of 53 yesterday, parking attendant Lee Choo Chye, admitted to offering a sex service to a policeman in April this year.

For this, Lee, who has 11 previous convictions, was sentenced to 12 months’ jail and fined RM4,000.

Lee, from Sungai Petani in Kedah, was said to be looking for clients by offering the sex service at the rate of RM120 for one time service for the purpose of prostitution to L/Kpl Nazri Nayan.

L/Kpl Nazri is from the anti-vice division of the Dang Wangi district police station.

He was said to have committed the offence at Jalan Bukit Bintang at 11.45pm on April 15.

He was also sentenced to a month’ jail for failing to show his identity card to the police that day.
The jail terms are to run concurrently from the date of arrest on April 15.

In asking for a lenient sentence before magistrate Aizatul Akmal Maharani on Thursday, Lee said he is a HIV patient.

Prosecuting officer Chief Insp Tan Boon Sing asked the court to impose an appropriate sentence on Lee saying that the accused has previous convictions for robbery (four times), drug possession (four), running away from drug rehabilitation centre (oncee), selling underage girl (one) and violating a collateral bond condition.

Lee had been sentenced to 10 months’ jail for selling underage girls in 2003.