00:00Four people have been fined 500 ringgit each for using a gas stove to cook at a petrol
00:07station in Genting Highlands, Pahang.
00:11Fatli Zil Ikram Zazalin Isran, Nur Fatin Erdina Cheryl Nizam, Nur Anis Saleh, all 24, and
00:17Nur Azira Azman, 23, pleaded guilty at the Bentong Magistrates' Court today.
00:22They were accused of endangering themselves and others by using the gas stove at the petrol
00:26station.
00:27All four of them were charged under Section 336 of the Penal Code, which provides up to
00:31three months' imprisonment and a 500 ringgit fine, or both.
00:35Magistrate Najatul Naeem Zainan ordered them to be jailed for three days if they failed
00:39to pay the fine, Sinah Hirem reported.
00:43Deputy Public Prosecutor Zamhara Zuhid asked the court to mete out a punishment proportionate
00:47to the offence to serve as a lesson to others.
00:51The accused then asked for a low fine amount, saying they had to look after their parents
00:54and siblings.
00:57Sam Wichua, FMT News.
