JOHOR BARU: Two foreign nationals have become the first people in the country to be charged under a new anti-littering law.
Sultan Md, 28, a Bangladeshi, and Anita Lukman, 49, an Indonesian, were charged in the Sessions Court here on Friday morning (Jan 23).
Anita, an odd-job worker, pleaded guilty to throwing a cigarette butt and a drink bottle on the pavement on Jalan Ibrahim Sultan in Stulant Laut here at 12.41am on Jan 1.
The offence was framed under Section 77A(1) of the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007.
Anita, who was unrepresented, asked for a lighter punishment, saying she is a…