GEORGE TOWN: Deterrent sentences of two weeks' jail and a RM1,000 fine are being meted out to those brought before the court for violating the movement control order (MCO) here.
Defence counsel Cheah Eng Soon told the media that many of the accused he was representing were given custodial sentences and the maximum fine after pleading guilty.
Members of the public, including the media, are barred from entering the court grounds during the MCO."Some students were given leniency and told to do community service. "The cases are still ongoing. We will furnish the media with the relevant information at the end of the day after all the cases are dealt with," he said outside the courthouse in Light Street here.In Butterworth, 98 were charged and 19 were remanded and another 62 charged in Bukit Mertajam.
Under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act Regulations 2020, they can be fined up to RM1,000, jailed up to six months, or both.
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