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4 men get good behaviour bond, 1 fined RM600 over football brawl
A viral video of the brawl showed players trading blows at Padang Speedy in Teluk Intan, Perak, on Aug 7.
PETALING JAYA : The Teluk Intan magistrates' court released four men on a good behaviour bond while another man was slapped with a RM600 fine over their involvement in a brawl during a football match last week.
Magistrate Naidatul Athirah Azman ordered a six-month good behaviour bond for Harith Nazreen Shah Abd Ghani, 21, Danial Asmawi, 23, R Tharmaraj, 28, and E Paranitharan, 29, after they pleaded guilty to committing affray.
The four men, who were playing in the match, were charged along with another person still at large with committing the offence at Padang Speedy in Teluk Intan between 5.15pm and 6pm on Aug 7, Harian Metro reported.
The charges were framed under Section 160 of the Penal Code, which provides for up to six months in prison, a maximum RM1,000 fine, or both if convicted.
Deputy public prosecutor Nur Darwis Aghniya Halim Azizi had asked the court to impose a commensurate sentence to serve as a deterrent to the public, stating that the incident had gone viral online.
M Saravanan of the National Legal Aid Foundation, who served as lawyer for Harith and Danial, said the guilty pleas had saved the court's time and all four had since made up and become friends.
'They shook hands and have apologised to each other. They humbly request the court to be given a second chance,' he said, adding that this was the first offence for all four men.
The court then ordered all four to sign a RM500 good behaviour bond for six months.
Tharmaraj and Paranitharan were represented by lawyers Charan Singh and S Morgan respectively.
The court then imposed a fine of RM600 on another man, Kuzairin Kamaruddin, 31, after he pleaded guilty to voluntarily causing hurt to a referee at the same match. He will have to serve two months in prison if he fails to pay the fine.
Kuzairin was charged under Section 323 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum penalty of a year's imprisonment, a fine of up to RM2,000, or both upon conviction.
