Batu Pahat, Malaysia: Three people were charged at the magistrate's court over their involvement in the sex DVD featuring ex-Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.

The trio, including two women, pleaded guilty in front of magistrate Emelia Kaswati Mohamad Khalid Monday.

Tay Bee Bee, 29, who was charged with possession of three DVDs, was fined RM10,000 and five days jail.

She was charged under Section 292 (a) of the Penal Code for possession of obscene objects.

Her colleague See Tooh Choy Yoke, 26, and farmer Lim Poi Keong, 51, were charged with re-copying the DVD, an offence under Section 292 (c) of the same act.

Both were was fined RM15,000 and sentenced to four-days jail. Their sentence began from the day they were arrested by police.

Tay was arrested at her manicure and pedicure saloon in Taman Bukit Perdana here on Jan 3.

See Tooh and Lim, a bachelor, were caught in Jalan Pegawai nearby the next day for making 11 copies of the DVD at Tay's saloon.

The three accused requested for their penalty to be reduced but prosecuting officer Chief Inspector S. Rajakumar asked the magistrate to impose a heavy penalty as he felt that the acts were serious offences. Tay has two children - aged eight and 10 - while See Tooh's children are six and nine years old. The three accuses were unrepresented