Big Blue Taxi founder fined RM3,000 for causing public alarm over Rohingya refugees


KUALA LUMPUR: Businessman Datuk Shamsubahrin Ismail was fined RM3,000 by the Sessions Court here on Wednesday (Jan 5) on charges of making a statement that caused public fear and intimidation over Rohingya refugees, two years ago.

Judge M. M. Edwin Paramjothy handed down the sentence to Shamsubahrin, 56, after he upheld his guilty plea on sentencing date today.

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