Man gets 12 days' jail, RM10,000 fine for obstructing VIP convoy, reckless driving


KUALA LUMPUR: A maintenance worker was jailed for 12 days and fined RM10,000 by two separate Magistrate's Courts here Tuesday (May 10), for obstructing a VIP convoy and driving recklessly along the Sultan Iskandar Highway here, last Friday.

Magistrate Aina Azahra Arifin sentenced Erdy Errwan Hamdan, 36, to seven days in jail and a fine of RM3,000 in default, three months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to obstructing Lance Corporal Mohd Azwar Iqbal Chinang from carrying out his duty while escorting the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak and his convoy on May 6 at 11.30pm.

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