A 41-year-old foreign currency trader was today ordered to serve a day's jail and fined RM4,000 or in default two months jail, after pleading guilty at the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur to making a Facebook posting that is demeaning on Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

Mohd Nasaruddin Saron, a second generation Felda settler from Kota Tinggi, Johor, made the offending posting on his Samsung Galaxy Tab on Oct 26, last year, which was "viewed and caused anger on a member of a public, the next day."

In the posting, Mohd Nasaruddin, among others, blamed the country's leader for the rising prices and the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). 

He was charged under Section 233(3) of the Communications and Multimedia Act, which carries a sentence of RM50,000 fine or one year's jail.

The accused agreed with the facts of the case that he made the posting and asked people to comment on it, and it offended the complainant who is identified as Khalijah Mohamed, as it is against Islam.

Khalijah made the report to the MCMC the day following the posting and investigations revealed that Nasaruddin was the owner and administrator of the Facebook “Nasaruddin Saron”.

DPP Mohd Sophian Zakaria asked for a deterrent sentence and a jail sentence as there had been an increase of derogatory remark against the country's leaders.

In mitigation, Nasaruddin asked the court to lower the fine and jail sentence.

Judge Zaman Mohd Noor then ordered Nasaruddin to serve one day's jail and the fine after considering all factors in the mitigation and points raised by the prosecution.