Brothers jailed for opening hardware shop during MCO
Published on: Wednesday, April 01, 2020
By: Efa Rizan
The brothers and another accused being led out of court.
LAHAD DATU: Two local men were jailed two months and fined RM1,000 or one-month jail for failing to comply with the Movement Control Order (MCO).Magistrate Ryan Sagiran Rayner Jr meted out the sentence to Ng Khim Weng, 51, and his brother, Ng Kim Chuah, 48, who pleaded guilty to the charges against them on Tuesday.
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The brothers were found breaching the order by operating their hardware workshop.
The business was not included in the essential services as stated in the Rule Table 2 Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act (Measures within the Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2020 in an infected area without document (letter) from the Head of Director.
The brothers were detained on March 28 following the inspection conducted by police on the premises located at the Dam Industrial Centre, Jalan Dam, here.
The offence, under the Regulation 7(1) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease (Measures within the Infected local areas), was read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code.
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In the same court, a 23-year-old man was jailed two months for committing a similar offence.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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Deputy Public Prosecutor Risal Abd Fikkah appeared for the prosecution.
