KUALA LUMPUR: Three Indian nationals and a Myanmar man were given the maximum fine of RM1,000 each, in default of three months’ jail, by the Selayang Magistrate’s Court for defying the Movement Control Order (MCO) by gathering at a barber shop for a haircut, recently.
Magistrate Nur Hafizah Rajuni meted out the fine after all of them pleaded guilty to the charge.
They are Nur Salam Nur Alam, 22, of Myanmar; while the Indian nationals are Roka Dhaniram, 23; Shankaralingam Prabaharan, 36; and Thanga Raja, 33.
The four men were jointly charged with voluntarily gathering at a barber shop at Jalan Besar Selayang Baru, Batu Caves, Gombak here at 2.40pm on April 11, for a haircut, which is a breach of Regulation 6 (1) of the of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within the local infected areas) Regulations 2020 being enforced under the MCO to break the chain of Covid-19 infections. – Bernama