BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - Forty-one individuals were arrested for
eating in public places during the fasting month, said a press statement from
Ministry of Religious Affairs yesterday.
The press statement which include
the breakdown of offenders acording to districts showed 30 individuals (25
males and five females) arrested in the Brunei-Muara District.
Eight males were arrested in
Tutong, while three (two male and one female) were arrested in Belait. None was
arrested in the Temburong District.
The press statement, however did
not mention how these arrests were made.
The Religious Enforcement Section
under the ministry's Syariah Affairs Department had been keeping an extra eye
for those defying the religious law and anyone caught eating, drinking or
smoking in public during the day will and can be charged under the Brunei
Islamic Religious Council and the Qadi Courts Act Section 77.
Under Chapter 173 of the Act,
Muslims caught eating during the fasting hours in Ramadhan and those who sell
them the food (employees) will be fined $500 for the first offence, $750 for
the second offence and $1,000 for the third and subsequent offences. Rashidah
Abu Bakar
Brunei Times/Asia News Network
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