Insurance agent fined RM5,000 for disrupting VVIP motorcade

Insurance agent fined RM5,000 for disrupting VVIP motorcade

He is said to have slowed down his car several times which disrupted the smooth flow of the convoy.

TAPAH: An insurance agent was fined RM5,000, in default five months’ jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today for obstructing policemen in a motorcade escorting a VVIP last Thursday.

Magistrate Mohd Harith Mohd Mazlan meted out the fine on Leong Kean Beun, 32, who pleaded guilty to obstructing the police from discharging their duty.

Leong was charged with committing the offence by slowing down his Lexus car several times, thus disrupting the smooth flow of the convoy.

The incident took place at KM351 of the North-South Expressway (southbound), in the district of Batang Padang, here, at about 5.20pm on Oct 25.

The charge, under Section 186 of the Penal Code, provides for a jail term of up to two years, or a maximum fine of RM10,000, or both, upon conviction.

Deputy public prosecutor Fatin Farahiyah Nadzri prosecuted, while lawyer Amani Williams Hunt Abdullah, from the National Legal Aid Foundation, represented Leong.

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