MCO: Japanese man fined RM1k for leaving house to photograph birds


KUANTAN (Bernama): A Japanese citizen was fined a maximum of RM1,000 or three months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here for violating the movement control order (MCO) by leaving the house to photograph birds in a park here.

Keiji Ando, 81, a pensioner, pleaded guilty after the charge was read by an interpreter before Magistrate Nor Izzati Zakaria on Friday (April 3).

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