Siti Fairrah Ashykin Kamaruddin arrives at the Kuantan police headquarters to record her statement over the road rage incident, July 17, 2014. — Bernama pic
KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 — The Selangor chapter of Malay rights group Perkasa has launched a fund to pay the fine for Siti Fairrah Ashykin Kamaruddin, the disgraced woman filmed hammering an elderly ethnic Chinese man’s vehicle with a steering lock.
According to the group, the fund is meant to “help lighten the financial burden” of the woman better known as Kiki.
“She has been sentenced to RM5,000 fine and 240-hours of community services by the Kuantan Sessions Court on July 22 for indecent act against a Chinese man,” said a posting on the group’s Facebook page early this morning in Malay.
“In sympathy towards her, we the leaders of Selangor Perkasa will collect as much as we can.”
According to Selangor Perkasa secretary Mohd Idrus Ali Ahmad, the fund has collected close to RM400 today.
Selangor Perkasa chief Abu Bakar Yahya could not be reached for further comment at the time of writing.
Siti Fairrah, who broke down during mitigation, had earlier pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 427 of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term of up to two years or a fine or both, The Star reported.
She was said to have committed the offence at the parking lot of UTC, Jalan Sekilau in Kuantan on July 14 at about 1.10pm.
A social media storm erupted after the video documenting her verbally abusing Sim and hitting his car with a steering lock was uploaded on video-sharing site YouTube. -themalaymail
