Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the government does not interfere in the judiciary amid questions about the disparity in punishments for violating the movement control order (MCO).

smail was asked to respond to certain instances where people were fined the maximum RM1,000 while others received a lower fine.

Earlier today, a single mother reportedly complained about being slapped with a one-month jail term while Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's daughter Nurulhidayah was only given a RM800 fine.

The single mother's sentence was reduced to a fine of RM1,000 after appeal but she had already spent eight days in prison.