Jobless man claims trial to using foul language on traffic cop

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An unemployed man was charged in a Magistrate's Court in George Town for insulting a traffic policeman who stopped him for an alleged offence.  Goh Weng Keong, 25, pleaded not guilty to the charge read out by an interpreter in Hokkien before Magistrate Nadratun Naim Mohd Saidi on Friday (Oct 4).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mu8b7r5r  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A motorcyclist, who was seen in a viral video using abusive language on a traffic policeman,

00:12was charged at a magistrate's court in Georgetown on Friday.

00:16Twenty-five-year-old Goh Weng Keong pleaded not guilty to a charge of insulting modesty

00:21before Magistrate Nadratu Naim Mohamad Saidi.

00:25The accused, who is unemployed, was alleged to have insulted Corporal Nik Mohamad Faizal

00:31Niklong by uttering vulgar words to him.

00:35Goh was alleged to have committed the offence in front of a bus stop at Jalan Teyan Teik

00:42in Ayer Etam at about 6.45pm on Wednesday.

00:52Goh was alleged to have committed the offence in front of a bus stop at Jalan Teyan Teik

00:56in Ayer Etam at about 6.45pm on Wednesday.

01:01He was charged under Section 509 of the Penal Code, which provides for a maximum imprisonment

01:07of five years, a fine or both, upon conviction.

01:12The court set bail at 8,000 ringgit with one surety and ordered the accused to not disturb

01:17any witnesses in the case.

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