Single mother fined RM10,000 for insulting Agong, former PM

A single mother was fined RM10,000 by the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur today for making offensive and insulting statements against former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah in the MalaysiaFlipFlop blog.

Judge MM Edwin Paramjothy meted out the fine on Lai Yuet Ming, 65, after she changed her plea to guilty to both the charges last Dec 6.

The court fined her RM4,000, in default three months' jail, on a charge with intentionally making and initiating offensive and malicious communications against Muhyiddin through the MalaysiaFlipFlop blog on March 23, 2020.

She was charged under Section 233 (1) (a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 for the offence against the former prime minister.

On the second count, for intentionally making statements against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong , the woman was fined RM6,000 fine, in default six months’ jail. The offence was committed on the blog on March 21, 2020.

The charge was framed under Section 505 (b) of the Penal Code for making a statement conducing to public mischief, which carries imprisonment for up to two years, a fine or both if convicted.

Both the postings were read at the Cyber Crime and Multimedia Investigation Division, Commercial Crime Investigation Department, Bukit Aman, at 1.40pm on May 6, 2020 and 10pm on March 21, 2020.

The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Najihah Farhana Che Awang, while lawyer Rajsurian Pillai represented Lai

- Bernama

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