Deputy minister, exco plead guilty to breaching MCO

Updated 6 years ago · Published on 28 Apr 2020 10:58AM · 8 Comments

Deputy Health Minister Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali eating lunch with other men at a tahfiz school in Perak on April 17. This and other photos of his entourage’s visit to the school have been removed from his Facebook page. – Screenshot, April 28, 2020.

DEPUTY Health Minister Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali and Perak exco Razman Zakaria today pleaded guilty to violating the movement-control order (MCO).

Both were jointly charged with 13 others at the Gerik magistrates’ court, and were fined the maximum RM1,000.

Dr Noor Azmi, who holds the Bagan Serai parliamentary seat, and Gunung Semanggol assemblyman Razman have come under fire over photos of them, along with some 30 other people, tucking into a meal at a tahfiz school in Lenggong earlier this month.

The deputy minister had posted – and then deleted – the pictures on his Facebook account.

The duo were called up by police for questioning after a public outcry, and Bersatu man Dr Noor Azmi has apologised for breaching the MCO.

“I apologise and admit my mistake over my presence at a tahfiz school in Lenggong, Perak, on April 17 during an official visit to Klinik Kesihatan Lenggong to monitor the situation of frontliners handling the Covid-19 outbreak.”

Razman of PAS previously said the tahfiz school had not planned for a sit-down meal.

“People had travelled from Kuala Lumpur, and the programme went on all day. The last programme was in Lenggong, and from morning till afternoon, they had not eaten.

“So they (tahfiz school) prepared lunch. The procedure included self-service and sitting 1m apart.” – April 28, 2020.

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  • We all know its just a show. Fined RM1000 and the case closed.
    Ordinary people not only gets the fine but also goes to jail.

    Posted 6 years ago by Chee yee ng · Reply

  • Blardy show only. Should be lucutkan jawatan at the very least. #neverforget

    Posted 6 years ago by Kinetica Cho · Reply

  • Police on record , chained and hsndcuff other citizens. Discrmination

    Posted 6 years ago by S L · Reply

  • Police on record , chained and hsndcuff other citizens. Discrmination

    Posted 6 years ago by S L · Reply

  • Without the public out cry would you think they are in the dock? They probably attending some other functions, walk the talk. Next is Zahid daughter and her husband what is the status of that?

    Posted 6 years ago by Teruna Kelana · Reply

  • This case has showed us all so clearly the failure of Muhyiddin's backdoor PN government.

    PN has thumbed their noses in contempt at the public, displaying the arrogance and double standards that they were so used to doing when they were UMNO/PAS.

    Whilst the man in the street was paraded, handcuffed, and thrown in jail without a question even asked, PN politicians were only charged after nearly two weeks of public pressure, and at the end of it, a paltry fine was imposed.

    Neither handcuffs nor jail term like everyone else suffered, but just a paltry fine.

    Their crimes were even more egregious than those members of the public previously charged as they involved so many more people (the rest of whom have not been charged), and for reasons so inexcusable, that nothing less than a jail term would have sufficed.

    The backdoor AG trotted out flimsy reasons for inaction, and the IGP for reasons best known to himself, has decided not to charge any of the others present. Why not, Mr. Incompetent IGP?

    It has best that both the AG (if he does not appeal the sentence), and the IGP, hand in their keys to their offices, their uniform, and their self respect, as they take the exit door to ignominy, as they do a great disservice to the positions they so unrightfully hold.

    Posted 6 years ago by Arul Inthirarajah · Reply

  • Hardly a rap on the knuckles. Being a deputy Health Minister, his fine should be ten times more than others plus a jail sentence. What about those supporters who followed them around in flouting the MCO? Why no charges against these guys?

    Posted 6 years ago by Rupert Lum · Reply

  • Why was a Single Parent PUNISHED HARSHLY by the MALAYSIA JUSTICE SYSTEM. Can CHIEF JUSTICE pls reply to Non Muslim Malaysians.

    Posted 6 years ago by Lucky Boy · Reply