Compiled by ZAKIAH KOYA, ALLISON LAI AND R.ARAVINTAN
A 30-YEAR-OLD local woman, who went viral for biting a Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) enforcement officer, has been fined RM3,000.
She was charged in court with obstructing city hall officers, reported Utusan Malaysia.
“The woman was charged under Section 186 of the Penal Code for obstructing public servants from discharging their duties.
“She pleaded guilty and was fined RM3,000 by the court,” said Dang Wangi district police chief Assistant Commissioner Sulizmie Affendy.
Previously, a viral video showed a scuffle between DBKL officers, three men and a woman on March 5 in an operation against unlicensed street vendors.
DBKL had stated then that its officers were injured in the incident at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman.
> The General Operations Force (GOF) has foiled a plan to smuggle 42,700 coconuts worth RM1.2mil to Thailand.
Tenggara GOF commander Datuk Nik Ros Azhan Nik Ab Hamid said the coconuts were seized from a trailer at Pengkalan Kubor, near Tumpat, Kelantan.
Three local men aged between 22 and 38, believed to be the deliverers, were on their way to Thailand.
“The confiscated haul is worth about RM1.2mil and the case is being investigated under the Federal Agriculture Marketing Authority Act,” Berita Harian quoted Nik Ros Azhan as saying.
> Underaged Malaysians as young as 14 years old are crossing the border to Thailand to get married.
A Harian Metro report quoting the Narathiwat Islamic Council said the council had received requests from Malaysian couples aged between 14 and 16.
“There were those who came by themselves and asked to be married as they could not get their guardians’ consent back home.
“There were also those who came with their guardians and asked to be married as they claimed there was too much bureaucracy to get the underaged couple to get married in Malaysia,” said the Narathiwat Islamic Council deputy president Abdul Aziz Che Mamat.
“Although it is perceived that it is easier to get married over here, we do not conduct nikah for underaged couples.
“We will only conduct nikah for those above 17 years old.”
He also said that there were also cases of those in their sixties with very young spouses who had crossed the Malaysian-Thailand border to get married.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
