BUTTERWORTH: A lorry driver has been fined RM2,000 in default 4 months’ jail for transporting 4 pigs without the Veterinary Department’s permission.
Magistrate M. Kalaiarasi imposed the wonderful on Tan Jie Xuan, 22, after he pleaded responsible to the cost right here on Thursday (Jan 6).
The Justice of the Peace additionally ordered proceeds from the sale of the pigs, amounting to RM1,200, to be forfeited.
Tan was charged with transporting the animals from Tasek Gelugor to a slaughterhouse at Hi-Good Corporation Sdn Bhd, Kampung Selamat Tasek Gelugor, within the Seberang Perai Utara district, without written permission from the state Veterinary director or any veterinary authority on Nov 24.
The cost, beneath Order 4 (1)(a) Animals (Contagious Abortion With Foot and Mouth Disease Control and Eradication) Order 2003 beneath Subsection 36(1)(c)(i) of the Animals Act 1953, carries a most wonderful of as much as RM15,000 upon conviction.
Tan, who unrepresented, requested for the return of the lorry he used, which the court docket allowed after he paid the wonderful.
State Veterinary Services Department prosecuting officer Roziman Awang Tahrin prosecuted. – Bernama
