KOTA KINABALU – A Malaysian Datuk, a senior state civil servant, was given in absentia a fine of three buffaloes and RM3,000 (S$910) by a native court in Kota Kinabalu for enticing the young wife of another Datuk.

Papar District Native Court chief Alexander Malianus ordered the 57-year-old man to pay the sogit, or native fine, to the plaintiff, a 76-year-old former state civil servant, within a month from Oct 23.