Airport bomb joke: Trader fined RM100

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A senior citizen, who claimed his friend had a bomb in his bag at Penang International Airport earlier this week, was fined RM100 by the Balik Pulau Magistrate's Court on Friday (March 14).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2fzfwztr  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A senior citizen, who jokingly claimed that his friend was carrying a bomb in his bag

00:06at Penang International Airport earlier this week, has been fined RM100 by the Balik Pulau

00:12Magistrate's Court.

00:15Magistrate Chia Huey Ting meted out the fine on 64-year-old Ng Kok Yao, who pleaded guilty

00:20to the charge on Friday.

00:22According to the charge sheet, Ng told a Malaysia Airlines employee at the check-in counter

00:27that there was a bomb in his friend's bag, despite knowing such words would disrupt

00:32order.

00:33He was charged under Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act, 1955, for insulting behaviour

00:40with intent to cause a breach of the peace.

00:43In court, Ng's lawyer from the National Legal Aid Foundation, Hazrul Ikram Roza Khan, noted

00:50that his client had saved court time and expenses by pleading guilty.

00:54He also mentioned that Ng works as a trader earning RM1,000 and has two dependent children.

01:01However, Deputy Public Prosecutor R Lushani urged the court to impose the maximum fine,

01:08emphasising that such actions cannot be treated as a joke, especially in high-security areas

01:14like airports.

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