Sex worker caught in the act during Sandakan police raid

KOTA KINABALU: A woman pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution after she was caught in the act during a police raid in Sandakan.

The woman, 26, was arrested along with her “agent” – an Indonesian woman named Lely Fiter, 50 – after police raided a premises in Taman Mawar around 3.30pm on July 29.

According to the facts of the case, she and her client, who turned out to be a police informer, had bathed together and were about to have intercourse when the police knocked on the door.

The informer opened the door, and the woman was nabbed. A used condom and RM150 cash were among the items seized.

The informer was not arrested as that was part of the operation plan.

Magistrate Nur Faezah Jafry at the Sandakan Magistrates Court on Tuesday (Aug 5), set a RM1,800 fine in default of three months’ imprisonment on the woman. She paid the fine.

Separately, Lely pleaded guilty to soliciting for the purpose of prostitution or any immoral purpose at the Sandakan Sessions court.

Judge Zaini Fisher @ Fisal handed a three-year jail sentence and ordered Lely to be referred to the Immigration Department for deportation after serving her sentence.