BUKIT MERTAJAM – A restaurant assistant and factory worker were fined RM100 at the magistrates’ court here, after pleading guilty to playing with a makeshift PVC cannon on the roadside at Jalan Permatang Rawa here on April 7.
Muhammad Shahrul Izzuan Kamaruaman, 28, and Muhammad Nawar Md Shariff, 28, were sentenced after pleading guilty to the charges read out before magistrate Mohd Harith Mohd Mazlan.
According to the charge, the two men committed the offence with another teenager, in front of the Pokok Nyok restaurant at about 11pm.
They allegedly intentionally fired makeshift cannons made of PVC pipes into the air.
For the offence, they were charged under Section 3(5) of the Minor Offences Act 1955 read in conjunction with Section 34 of the Penal Code which carries a maximum jail term of one month or a fine of RM100 or both.
Both paid the fines imposed on them.
For the teenager, the court set the case for re-mention on May 26 to obtain a probation report from the Social Welfare Department, and allowed bail of RM1,000 with one surety.
Meanwhile, in the same court, a man was fined RM100 after he pleaded guilty to the charge of deliberately spreading a video through social media of the makeshift cannon incident.
Abd Rahman Noorudin, 33, was charged with committing the offence with the intention of inciting anger to disturb public order on the same date, location and time.
He was charged under Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955 which carries a fine of RM100 if convicted.
The case was prosecuted by deputy public prosecutor Mohammad Syafiq Nasrullah Saleem Ali while all the accused were represented by a lawyer from the National Legal Aid Foundation, Catherine Joysce. – The Vibes, April 22, 2022
