COFFEE SHOP OPERATOR PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO HURTING MBMB ENFORCER

MELAKA, Feb 2 (Bernama) -- A coffee shop operator pleaded not guilty at the

Magistrate''s Court here today when charged with preventing a Melaka Historical

City Council (MBMB) enforcement officers from carrying out his duty and injuring

one of them on Jan 26.

The accused, Koh Swee Beng, 49, from Taman Kota Laksamana here, entered the

plea before Magistrate Ida Rahayu Sharif.

The accused is, together with several other friends who are still at large,

alleged to have acted aggressively in preventing five MBMB enforcers from

seizing items at a cybercafe located in Taman Seri Duyong Seksyen 2, Kandang,

here at around 11.30pm that day.

He is also charged with voluntarily causing hurt to MBMB enforcer Mutahir

Abdul Rashid, 41, by punching him at the same place, date and time.

Both charges have been preferred under Section 186 of the Penal Code and the

accused is liable to be jailed up to 20 years or fined RM10,000 or both, if

convicted.

The court set bail at RM4,000 for both the charges and March 6 for

re-mention. C/Insp Muhammad Juhari Haron appeared for the prosecution while the

accused was unrepresented.

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