Movement Control Order defiance: 367 more charged, some jailed, some fined including foreigners
31/03/2020 08:47 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 -- Jogging, apprehending members of the public while impersonating a police officer, and loafing around with friends, were among the violations of the Movement Control Order committed by 367 individuals brought before the Magistrates and Sessions courts in several states today.
The courts imposed jail sentences, as well as fines on the offenders after they pleaded guilty to the offences committed between March 24 and 29 in contravention of the government’s Movement Control Order to contain COVID-19, effective March 18 to April 14.
Among the charges brought against the 367 were obstructing a civil servant in the course of conducting his duty which is an offence under section 186 of the Penal Code which provides for a maximum jail term of two years or a fine of RM10,000 or both, while the offence of impersonating a police officer as charged under section 170 of the same law, carries a penalty of a jail term of up to two years or a fine or both.
The offenders were also charged under Regulation 3(1) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within the Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2020, with non-compliance of the Movement Control Order, by moving from one place to another. The provision carries a maximum penalty of imprisonment of six months or a fine of RM1,000 or both.
At the Magistrates Court here, a total of 15 men were charged. These included nine foreigners and two locals who were arrested while jogging on Jalan Mont Kiara and Jalan Desa Kiara here.
-- BERNAMA
