PARIT BUNTAR, Oct 19 — A poultry farm operator was fined RM50,000 by the Magistrate’s Court here today after pleading guilty to two charges of allowing fly breeding at two poultry farm premises in Gunung Semanggol, Kerian, last July.

Magistrate Salwa Asmary Abdul Rahim imposed a fine of RM25,000 for each charge against Datuk Siah Gim Eng, 67, and ordered the issuance of a warrant to levy distress on the company’s property under Section 283(1)(iii) of the Criminal Procedure Code if he failed to pay the fines.

According to the first charge, Siah was accused of allowing fly breeding at a PWF Farms Sdn Bhd poultry farm at Lot 5020, Gunung Semanggol, Kerian, at 9.40 am on July 16.

He was also charged with committing the same offence at another PWF Farms Sdn Bhd poultry farm along Jalan Changkat Lobak, Beriah, Gunung Semanggol, Kerian, at 12.16 pm on the same day.