09-05-2025
Gym trainer pleads guilty to threatening to splash woman with acid
The Ampang Jaya magistrates' court was told that the gym trainer had struck up a conversation with the 31-year-0ld woman. (Pexels pic)
PETALING JAYA : A gym trainer has pleaded guilty to a charge of engaging in insulting behaviour after threatening to splash a woman with acid at Taman Melawati, Ampang, on April 22.
Ampang Jaya police chief Azam Ismail said the 42-year-old man was charged in the Ampang Jaya magistrates' court yesterday under Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955.
He pleaded guilty and was released on a bail of RM300 in one surety.
The facts of the case showed that the accused had approached the 31-year-old woman at the gym in Taman Melawati at about 2pm and struck up a conversation with her.
During the conversation, the suspect told the woman, who is a gym member, not to act arrogant 'or you might get splashed with acid', before walking away.
'Fearing for her safety, the woman lodged a police report,' Azam said in a statement.
He said the man, who does not have a criminal record, was arrested at about 3.30pm on Tuesday and was remanded for three days.
A urine test showed that he was positive for amphetamine, methamphetamine and tetrahydrocannabinol.
The court has fixed July 22 for re-mention for the case.
