<figure id="attachment_2715570" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2715570" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-2715570" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/5bceab97-gavel-pexel-pix-210324.jpg" alt="Gavel" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2715570" class="wp-caption-text">The Ampang Jaya magistrates’ court was told that the gym trainer had struck up a conversation with the 31-year-old woman. (Pexels pic)</figcaption></figure>
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&#8217; 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 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 of the case.

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