KUALA LUMPUR: Five foreigners were fined RM1,200 each or one month in jail in default by the magistrates’ court here today for rioting at an entertainment centre in Bukit Bintang last December.
Magistrate Farah Nabihah Dan meted out the fine on the four men and one woman after they pleaded guilty to the charge.
They are Syrian Abdal Glel, 26; Algerian nationals Mouaad Lazib, 26, Haithem Nouaouia, 29, and Yasin Nasah, 22; and Moroccan Oumaima Mallas, 26.
They were charged with committing the act at Jalan Changkat, Bukit Bintang here at 5.50am on Dec 23 last year.
The charge, under Section 147 of the Penal Code, provides for up to two years in prison, a fine, or both, upon conviction.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Amritpreet Kaur Randhawa while lawyer Erika Farrise Amir represented the accused.