Construction company fined rm40,000, for breeding mosquito

KUALA LUMPUR: A construction company was fined RM40,000 by the magistrate's court here today for breeding Aedes mosquito at its premises last year.
Magistrate Wong Chai Siam meted out the fine on Ahmad Zaki Sdn. Bhd after the company's security and health officer, Mohamed Rozali Abdul Rahim, 53, pleaded guilty to the charge.
The court also ordered a warrant for the levy would be issued if the company failed to pay the fine.
The company was charged with breeding the Aedes Aegypti in a puddle at its construction site at Lot 2400, Jalan Raja Muda Musa, Kampung Bharu, here at 10.50 am on Sept 26 last year.
The charge was made under Section 13(1) of the Destruction of Disease-Bearing Insects Act 1975, read together with Section 13(2) and punishable under Section 23(b) of the same Act.
The offence carries a maximum penalty of RM50,000 fine and five years' jail if found guilty.
Earlier, prosecuting officer from the Titiwangsa Health office, Shumizan Siron requested for a sentence that commensurates with the offence as a lesson to the company.
"This case involved two deaths due to dengue fever, an 11-year-old school girl and a 35-year-old worker at the site," she added. — Bernama