Man in viral video with nasi lemak seller charged with failing to wear mask


Shyamalan Jaganathan leaving the Jalan Duta Court Complex with his lawyer, July 22, 2021. The 33-year-old man had caused a scene at a nasi lemak stall in Taman Desa, and is to be charged for threatening violence after he was told to put on a mask by the seller. — GLENN GUAN/The Star

PETALING JAYA: A 33-year-old man pleaded not guilty to a charge of failing to wear a face mask in public.

J. Shyamalan claimed trial to the offence of failing to comply with Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) which allegedly took place at a nasi lemak stall along Jalan Desa Bakti in Taman Desa, Kuala Lumpur, at about 10.30am on July 18.

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