A local woman denied a charge of making a false statement in a video recording that was likely to cause public alarm in the Magistrate’s Court, over the height of COVID-19 cases.
Hajah Faizah binti Haji Abdul Gapar was pressed with the charge under Section 34, Chapter 148 of the Public Order Act, which carries the penalty of a maximum fine of BND3,000 and three years’ imprisonment.
More details in Weekend Bulletin