In admitting to the offence on Facebook, Dr Azman Ibrahim, who is the state agriculture, agro-based industry, and rural development executive councillor, said he had given his statement at the Besut police station.

He also said he received an “offer letter” to pay a compound.

“Action was taken against me, just as it has been taken against other members of the public and I was issued a compound. I will pay as soon as possible. No one is above the law,” he wrote.

Azman, who is the Jabi assemblyman, however denied he had held an “open house”.

He said only two people came over to his house, adding that it was akin to meeting his constituents at his residence on a daily basis for various matters.

Azman said this was the “dilemma” a public servant had to deal with.

“I cannot simply close the door and tell people to go home because house visits are banned as there are no such restrictions on other days, even during the movement control order period.”

Putrajaya had banned Hari Raya visits and open houses when it announced a three-week nationwide movement control order recently, following the surge in Covid-19 cases.