PETALING JAYA – A Bangladeshi construction worker was fined RM500 or a day’s jail upon failure to pay, by the magistrate’s court here today for violating the movement control order.
Magistrate M. Barath meted out the fine on Shahabuddin, 32, who pleaded guilty to the charge.
He was charged with violating Regulation 1 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within the Infected Local Areas) (No. 8) Regulations 2020 by moving from Jalan Teknologi 3/6, Kota Damansara to the Kota Damansara Toll Plaza at 2.10pm on January 13 to visit a friend.
Shahabuddin was driving a car and was stopped at a roadblock at the Kota Damansara toll plaza, where he could not produce an authorisation letter for the travel. – Bernama, January 25, 2021
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