Three teenagers charged for breaching movement control order
CORONAVIRUS | A 15-year-old driver and two teenage passengers of a car stopped during a roadblock in Taiping, Perak, were brought before the Magistrates Court today for non-adherence to the movement control order.
Sinar Harian reported the trio - including one Lim Chun Hoe, 19 - were charged on non-adherence to the order as they had attempted to travel from Taman Sungai Mas, Taiping, in a car driven by the 15-year-old.
They were detained in the car that was stopped by enforcement officers at a roadblock along Jalan Air Kuning at 3am on March 22...
CORONAVIRUS | A 15-year-old driver and two teenage passengers of a car stopped during a roadblock in Taiping, Perak, were brought before the Magistrates Court today for non-adherence to the movement control order (MCO).
Sinar Harian reported the trio - including one Lim Chun Hoe, 19 - were charged on non-adherence to the order as they had attempted to travel from Taman Sungai Mas, Taiping, in a car driven by the 15-year-old.
They were detained in the car that was stopped by enforcement officers at a roadblock along Jalan Air Kuning at 3am on March 22.
Lim and another 16-year-old passenger were charged under Regulation 3(1) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within the Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2020, which carries a penalty of RM1,000 fine, six months imprisonment, or both.
The 15-year-old accused, meanwhile, was charged under Section 186 of the Penal Code for obstructing a public servant on duty during enforcement of the order.
According to Sinar Harian, all three accused said they did not fully understand the charges read in Malay.
Magistrate Adibah Abdul Kadir reportedly set May 4 for the case to be re-mentioned, with the presence of a Hokkien translator.
All three accused, represented by legal aid lawyer Puteri Hikmatul Dzulaika Mohamad, were released on RM1,000 bail and one surety.
DPP Faakihin Ahmad Fauzi appeared for the prosecution.
Meanwhile, Bernama reported that two men, including a policeman, were among the first to be charged at the Seri Manjung Magistrate’s Court in Lumut for defying the MCO.
Corporal Mohamad Safarrudin Alias, 33, and fisherman Nashrull Awang, 43, both pleaded guilty to the offence after the charge was read out to them separately before Magistrate Nur Shaqira Ibrahim, who meted out the maximum fine of RM1,000, in default three months’ jail.
They were charged with violating Regulation 3 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within the Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2020.
According to the charge sheet, Mohamad Safarrudin and Nashrull were travelling from Berek Polis Balai Kampung Rapat Ipoh and 178-B Lorong Bahagia Kampung Serdang, Sitiawan, respectively, to another place declared as an infected area at Besar Lumut Kiri, Sitiawan.
They were charged with committing the offence at Jalan Besar Lumut Kiri, Sitiawan, at 4.15am on March 23.
According to Bernama, earlier in the same court, Mohamad Safarrudin was fined RM250, in default a week’s jail after he pleaded guilty to a charge with possession of housebreaking tools, such as a metal cutter and crowbar, at the same place, date and time.
Meanwhile, Nashrull was fined RM600, in default a month’s jail, for fraudulent possession of birds nests, weighing 415gm, at the same place, date and time.
Both the charges were framed under the Minor Offences Act 1955.
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