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KUANTAN (Bernama): The Supreme Court increased the fine imposed on a young man from RM 100 to RM 1,000 for violating the motion control order when leaving his home to take the body of his girlfriend to a garage near his home after being involved in a car accident in the past year.
Judge Datuk Zainal Azman Ab Aziz issued the ruling after allowing the prosecution’s appeal against the fine of RM 100 imposed on the 17-year-old by the Rompin Magistrates Court on July 16 last year, after he declared guilty of violating the MCO while being out of the home. at 3.15 am on April 12 of last year.
For MCO violation offenses, the maximum fine is RM1,000.
In the process on Wednesday (January 13), only the parties involved were allowed to enter the courtroom.
Attorney Hazwan Hamdan, who represented the young man, later told the media that Judge Zainal Azman had ruled that it was necessary for him to modify the sentence handed down by the Rompin Magistrates Court.
“The court is of the opinion that the amount of the fine should be increased to 1,000 ringgit as stipulated in the 2020 Regulations for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within Infected Local Areas), or it will be used as a benchmark by other parties to get a lesser fine in the future, ”he said.
The judge also ordered the Form Five student, as a defendant, to serve a month in jail if he did not pay the fine. It is understood that his brother paid the fine.
However, the court rejected the prosecution’s appeal for the adolescent to perform community service for 120 hours over a period of 18 months; Attend the interactive workshop of the Department of Social Welfare and pay RM3,000 in compensation to the family of your late girlfriend.
Deputy Prosecutor Nasrul Hadi Abdul Ghani, in a written communication, said that the 100 RM sentence was too low and he feared it would be used as a benchmark for those who violated the MCO, and was against the MCO’s goal of curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, lawyer Ahmad Deniel Roslan, who also represented the teenager in a written communication, argued that there was no need to amend the Magistrates Court’s ruling as his client had no criminal record and pleaded guilty at an early stage.
“Most importantly, the respondent can continue the school session and sit for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) exam this year. In fact, the respondent and his family have also met with the deceased girl’s family to apologize for the incident, Said. – Bernama
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