COMMENT | The case of the two 'MCO fishermen' ends well

COMMENT | It was a Thursday. The second day of April. The two men got off their Honda cub motorcycle, by the pond. They began fishing with their fishing rods. They hoped their catch would feed their families.

Poh Wah, 56 years and Chee Wei, 45 years, are daily wage earners. They do house repairs. They had no work and no income for 14 days since March 18 when the Covid-19 movement control order came into effect.

Policemen spotted the duo fishing. The High Court judge who heard their case on appeal wrote that they “gracefully tendered their friendly advice to the duo” to stop fishing and go home. The duo refused.

The judge added,, “If they had heeded to the advice and moved away from the fishing pond to home, they would not have succumbed to the arms of the law.”

The duo was arrested. They were