‘Polis bodoh’: Woman fined RM50 for insult

The 19-year-old boutique employee uttered these words when she was stopped for not wearing a crash helmet.

KUALA TERENGGANU: An employee at a boutique at the Sultan Mahmud Airport here was fined RM50 by the Magistrate’s Court here for calling a policeman stupid.

Magistrate Noor Adila Abd Latif handed down the sentence after Nur Syafa Watiha Wahab, 19, from Kampung Telaga Batin, Seberang Takir, pleaded guilty to using the insulting word at the policeman.

Nur Syafa Watiha, was charged with uttering the words, “polis bodoh” (stupid policeman), at  Constable Mohd Hafifi Ali, from the Criminal Prevention branch at the Gong Badak police station, when the former, who was riding a motorcycle, was stopped for not wearing a crash helmet.

She was charged with committing the offence at about 1pm on May 28 this year in the airport compound.
The offence, under Section 14 0f the Minor Offences Act, is liable to a fine not exceeding RM100.
In mitigation, lawyer Hayyatuddin Muhammad, who represented Nur Syafa Watiha, said it was her first offence and that the policeman was not in police uniform.

Prosecuting Officer Inspector V Ravi prosecuted.

- Bernama