A RESTAURANT customer who went berserk when a waiter refused to call him “abang” or “baby” was fined RM300 by the Shah Alam magistrates’ court today for causing public nuisance.

Magistrate Mohamad Redza Azhar Rezali meted out the fine, in default seven days in jail, on Mohd Asri Abdullah, 50, who pleaded guilty to the charge.

The man, who is homeless, was charged under section 268 of the penal code with causing a public nuisance at a restaurant in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, at 9am on June 4.

Based on the facts of the case, Asri became angry and threw a packet nasi lemak and hot coffee, which splashed on the restaurant owner’s four-year-old son.

The man, a former lorry driver, also kicked tables, hurled chairs and spitted in the restaurant.

Deputy public prosecutor Nurul Farah Sofea Norazman prosecuted, while Mohd Asri was unrepresented. – Bernama, June 13, 2023.