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KUALA LUMPUR: A British engineer who broke his Covid-19 quarantine order to go to a bank in Bangsar here was sentenced to two days in jail and fined RM 5,000 today.
Judge Mohammad Aizat Abdul Rahim sentenced John Alan Forsyrh, 64, after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
The court also ordered that Forsyrh, an engineer, be jailed for another two months if he did not pay the fine.
Forsyrh was charged with disobeying a quarantine order at 1.50pm on July 20. The offense carries a maximum penalty of two years in jail, a fine, or both.
Forsyrh’s lawyer, Muhammad Syafiq Salleh, pleaded that his client not be imprisoned on the grounds that he had cooperated with the authorities while in detention.
“The defendant has served for more than 20 years in Malaysia and is now older and lives alone here while his family is in England,” he said.
However, Deputy Prosecutor Abdul Khaliq Nazeri urged the court to impose a sentence that reflects the seriousness of the crime. It should be a lesson not only for the accused but also for the public to adhere to the quarantine order, he added.
