IPOH: The woman who was pictured having a meal while wearing a pink Covid-19 home quarantine tag on her wrist at an eatery in Meru Raya here has been jailed one day and fined RM8,000 after she pleaded guilty to defying a quarantine order. Magistrate Nabihah Mohd Noor also ordered the accused, Nur Emah Mohamad Hashim, 72, to serve a six-month jail term in default if she failed to pay the fine. The case was prosecuted by the state Health Department Prosecution Officers Ahmad Fakurazi Abu Bakar and Nurulhisham Shamsuddin. The department had received a complaint on the viral photo of the senior citizen on July 21. On July 22, the media had reported that the woman with the pink tag had been identified and at that time, she was being treated at Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun.

Source: The Star August 14, 2020 02:34 UTC