NILAI: Celebrity Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor and her husband Muhammad Haris Mohd Ismail were not charged at court yesterday with breaching restrictions related to interstate travel, after the matter was studied by the Attorney-General's office.
Nilai district police chief Superintendent Mohd Fazley Ab Rahman said investigations related to the couple were submitted to the Attorney-General's office first before the case was brought to court.
"The interstate travel issue involving the couple was not brought to court after taking into account the Attorney-General'a office's input on the matter.
"The investigation and decision were made based on the existing statements," he said, here, today.
He was commenting on Neelofa and her husband better known as PU Riz's interstate travel to Nilai 3, of which the couple was not charged with at the Seremban court yesterday.
This saw netizens questioning as to why no one came forward to clarify the couple's action to cross state borders and visit a carpet shop in Nilai 3, which were deemed as a violation of the Standard Operating Procedure.
The video of the couple visiting the premises was shared by Neelofa on her Instagram Story before she later deleted it.
Yesterday, Neelofa was charged at the Seremban Magistrate's Court for violating the Conditional Movement Control Order's (CMCO) SOP for not scanning her MySejahtera or registering their details manually in the log book before entering the carpet shop on May 2.
Muhammad Haris faced two charges for not scanning via MySejahtera and for not wearing a face mask in a public place.
The couple pleaded not guilty and were released on a RM15,000 bail. Hearing has been scheduled for June 4.
Their lawyer, Haresh Mahadevan told members of media yesterday that the couple was present at the court for existing charges.
He said, the charges relating to the SOP violations did not involve the interstate travel issue.
"We are present today for already existing charges and the hearing slated for June 4 is for submission of documents relating to this current case.
"Both of them have agreed to go on trial," he said.