One fined, another jailed for challenging cops at KK MCO roadblock


KOTA KINABALU: A 26-year-old man, who led the police on a one-hour, high-speed car chase across the city, was sentenced to 10 months in jail, while another was slapped with a RM6,000 fine for obstructing police at a roadblock during the mobility control order (MCO).

According to the fact sheet of the first case, Yong Tze How was taking his female friend to her father-in-law's house in Likas because she wanted to inform her in-laws that her husband, their son, had not come home for two days.

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