Forty-five patrons of a popular restaurant in Jalan Teluk Sisek in Kuantan, Pahang, had to cough out more than just for food and drinks after being slapped with compound fines for failing to adhere to the recovery movement control order standard operating procedures (SOP).

Kuantan district police chief Mohamad Noor Yusof Ali said compounds amounting to between RM1,500 and RM2,000 were issued to each of them after an inspection at 11.55pm yesterday found, among others, that they did not practise physical distancing at the restaurant...