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

Free Malaysia Today

The judge meted out the fine, in default of six months in jail, on Johari Ismail, who pleaded guilty to the charge.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/25/senior-citizen-fined-rm30000-over-offensive-communication-on-agong-rulers/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTnews #SeniorCitizen #YDPA #MCMC

Transcript

00:00An elderly man was fined RM30,000 by the Sepang Sessions Court today

00:05for uploading an offensive post on social media about the Yang di-Pertuan Agong

00:09and the Conference of Rulers on Facebook.

00:12Judge Ahmad Fuad Othman meted out the fine in the fault of six months in jail on Johari Ismail, 67,

00:19who pleaded guilty to the charge.

00:21Johari was charged with knowingly using Facebook to initiate the transmission of offensive communication

00:27with the intention of annoying others.

00:29The link was seen at the office of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission

00:34at Tower 1 Jalan Impact Cyberjaya at 12.59pm on February 9.

00:39The charge was framed under Section 233 Sub 1A of the MCMC Act 1889,

00:45punishable under Section 233 Sub 3 of the same law,

00:49which provides for a fine of not more than RM50,000,

00:52imprisonment of not more than one year or both,

00:55and a further RM1,000 fine for each day the offence continues.

00:59The prosecution was handled by MCMC Deputy Public Prosecutor Fatin Hadni Khairuddin,

01:05while Johari, who has four children, was unrepresented.

01:08Pan Yu Jo, FMT News.

Category

Transcript

Recommended