Senior citizen fined RM30,000 over offensive post on Agong, rulers

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Senior citizen fined

RM30,000 over offensive

post on Agong, rulers

Bernama

-25 Feb 2025, 02:43 PM

The judge meted out the fine, in default of six months in jail, on Johari Ismail, who pleaded guilty to the charge.

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Johari Ismail was charged with knowingly using Facebook to initiate the transmission of offensive communication with the intention of annoying others. (Bernama pic)

SEPANG: 

An elderly man was fined RM30,000 by the sessions court here today for uploading an offensive post on social media about the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Conference of Rulers on Facebook.

Judge Ahmad Fuad Othman meted out the fine, in default of six months in jail, on Johari Ismail, 67, who pleaded guilty to the charge.

Johari was charged with knowingly using Facebook to initiate the transmission of offensive communication with the intention of annoying others. The link was seen at the office of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) at Tower 1, Jalan Impact, Cyberjaya, at 12.59pm on Feb 9.

The charge was framed under Section 233(1)(a) of the MCMC Act 1889, punishable under Section 233 (3) of the same law.

The law provides for a fine of not more than RM50,000, imprisonment of not more than one year, or both, and a further RM1,000 fine for each day the offence continues.

The prosecution was handled by MCMC deputy public prosecutor Faten Hadni Khairuddin while Johari, who has four children, was unrepresented.

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kt remarks:

RM30,000 is too harsh