Six more penalised for flouting COVID-19 safety rules in Oman

Six more penalised for flouting COVID-19 safety rules in Oman

Muscat: Primary courts in the governorates of Muscat, Al Dakhiliyah and South Al Sharqiyah issued verdicts“” from 9 December to 17 December“”convicting offenders who violated the decisions of the Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The legal procedure began when the Public Prosecution Department interrogated six people who reportedly went out during the period of ban on nighttime movement or failed to wear face masks.

The courts awarded the convicts sentences of three-month imprisonment and imposed fines of OMR1,000 on each, while at the same time ordering the foreign ones deported.