Tran Thi Thoai Trinh, 25, committed the offence at a seafood restaurant along Jalan Sungai Putus here when she failed to record her particulars before entering the premises on March 13.

The offence under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Regulations 2020 is punishable with a fine of up to RM1,000 or six months’ jail.

Her husband, Yeoh Wei Chong, settled the fine.

Tran had been held at a police lock-up in Banting prior to her release today.

Lawyer V Vemal Arasan, in mitigation, said the 11-day custody was already a punishment and a minimum fine would suffice.

“The detention imposed on the mother of a two-year-old was also unnecessary,” he said, adding that the police did not offer her a compound fine but instead chose to charge her in court.

Deputy public prosecutor Ermadie Asmadi urged the court to impose an appropriate sentence to serve as a deterrent to others.

Magistrate Amirul Asyraf Abdul Rashid fined her RM350 and ordered police to return her passport.

At the outset of the proceedings, Vemal made an appeal to the magistrate that the handcuffs on the accused be removed as this was a summons case.

Amirul Asyraf then instructed Ermadie to ask the police to remove the handcuffs before the charge was read to the accused.

FMT had earlier reported that a magistrate gave Klang Utara police a 14-day remand to hold Tran under the Immigration Act to “verify” her documents.

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