00:00Two foreign men were fined 5,000 ringgit each at a magistrate's court in Kota Tinggi after
00:06pleading guilty to wearing indecent clothes during a controversial running event in Pengarang.
00:11Seventy-year-old Satya Narayana Prasad Pappoli and 66-year-old Arthur Wong pleaded guilty
00:18after the charges were read to them before Magistrate Nurhalida Farhana Abu Bakar on
00:23Monday.
00:24The charges were read in Mandarin to Wong, who's Taiwanese, and in English to Indian
00:29national Satya Narayana.
00:31According to the charge sheets, both men were accused of committing an obscene act that
00:36caused disturbance to others in a public place by wearing indecent clothing.
00:41The act was committed near a hotel in Jalan Utama Jalan Desaru between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
00:47last Friday.
00:49The offence falls under Section 294 of the Penal Code, which carries imprisonment for
00:54a period up to three months or a fine or both upon conviction.
00:59In his defence, Wong, who is unemployed, said he was unfamiliar with Malaysian norms and
01:05had no intention to cause a public grievance.
01:08He also apologised to Malaysians and promised that he would not repeat the mistake.
01:13Meanwhile, Satya Narayana said it was not unusual for men to wear women's clothing during
01:20hash events.
01:22The former lawyer added that his intention was for doing charity and admitted his mistake.
01:28Both accused paid the fine, which was in default of one month's jail.
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