15 women at Zumba exercise compounded RM1,000 each

The 15 women taking part in a Zumba exercise were caught by policemen on patrol duty. (Rawpixel pic)

ALOR SETAR: Fifteen women who took part in a Zumba fitness exercise at Taman Pekan Baru, Sungai Petani, have been compounded RM1,000 each for defying the conditional movement control order (CMCO).

Kuala Muda district police chief Adzli Abu Shah said they were caught by policemen on patrol duty at 6.30m on Friday.

The women, aged between 25 and 50, could not provide valid reasons for gathering there, he said in a statement today. - FMT