KUCHING, Nov 5: A quarrel over an ex-girlfriend has cost two friends RM800 each after they admitted fighting in public in the early hours of Oct 18.

The Magistrate’s Court here today fined the men, aged 27 and 24, RM800 each or one week’s jail in default.

Both work as car salesmen and pleaded guilty to a joint charge of fighting in a public place and disturbing public order, before Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan.

The court heard that the trouble began at around 4am at an open-air food stall in Pasar Kenyalang Park. The 27-year-old, upset after spotting his former girlfriend sharing a meal with his friend, slammed his hand on the table and threw a drink at him.