Woman fined for calling cop ‘idiot’

Penalised: Tong, who admitted insulting Kpl Izuan Hasim, was fined for obstructing police at a roadblock during the MCO enforcement period.

PETALING JAYA: A sales manager was fined RM3,100 for shouting the word “idiot” at a policeman and obstructing him while he was manning a Covid-19 Ops roadblock.

Tong Poh Kim, 44, who had earlier claimed trial on April 3, changed her plea when the case came up for mention before magistrate Zhafran Rahim Hamzah yesterday.