KOTA BHARU: The Magistrate’s Court here fined five women RM1,000 each after finding them guilty over a fight involving two families at Pasa...
KOTA BHARU: The Magistrate’s Court here fined five women RM1,000 each after finding them guilty over a fight involving two families at Pasar Melor last week.
Magistrate Raees Imran Hamid imposed the sentence after Rozita Ramli, 47; her daughter Alia Maisara Hasbullah, 19; daughter-in-law Siti Nur Bakiah Abdullah, 19; Siti Sarah Sweeney, 30; and her sister Siti Mastura Sweeney, 28, pleaded guilty to the charge.
The court ordered that all five would serve three months’ imprisonment if they failed to pay the fine.
The women were charged with engaging in a fight at a public place in front of Pasar Melor at about 2.30pm on December 25. The offence was framed under Section 160 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum penalty of six months’ jail, a fine of up to RM1,000, or both.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Muhammad Nazir Abdullah conducted the prosecution, while all the accused were represented by National Legal Aid Foundation (YBGK) lawyer Siti Atiqah Abdul Halim.
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