MELAKA, Nov 12 — An individual was issued a RM4,000 fine for violating the standard operating procedures (SOP) of the Melaka state election and not for wearing a shirt with party logo, said Melaka police chief Datuk Abdul Majid Mohd Ali.

He said the man was taking part in a walkabout which is banned during the campaigning period for the state election.

"The compound was imposed not because the man was wearing a shirt with a party logo but because of the walkabout programme,” he told reporters here today.

Abdul Majid said the compound was issued under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988. — Bernama