Love for football and jogging lands seven men in hot MCO soup

GEORGE TOWN (March 30): Seven men who were caught playing football and jogging in a field were fined RM1,000 each with three months of community service by the magistrate’s court here today for going against the movement control order (MCO) imposed in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Malay Mail reported that the seven men admitted to committing the offence at about 5.15pm on March 26 at a field off Jalan DS Ramanathan in Pulau Tikus in Penang.

K. Balaparameswaran, 24, K. Ghokulan, 24, Jamal Mohamed Abdul Karim, 24, V. Narindraan, 24, P. Logesvaran, 24, S.  Dharanidharan, 24, and A.Shanmugam, 56, were charged under Rule 3(1) Prevention of Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within the infected local areas) Regulations 2020, reported the news portal.

Magistrate Jamaliah Abd Manap ordered them to serve the three months’ community service in lieu of three months’ jail.

Meanwhile, the cardiologist who was caught jogging during the movement control order (MCO) and scolded Penang Island City Council (MBPP) officers telling him to follow the rules was charged over two related offences today.

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