Siti Nuramira's husband fined RM16,000 for posting offensive video

The husband of a woman who caused controversy with her actions during a stand-up performance at a comedy club was fined RM16,000 by the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court.

The fine is for two counts of improper use of network facilities by creating and initiating the transmission of an offensive video on Instagram and YouTube.

Judge Azrul Darus meted the fine on V Alexander Navin, 39, who pleaded guilty to the charges.

On each count, he was fined RM8,000, in default, four months in jail. The man paid the fine.

Alexander was charged with creating and initiating the transmission of offensive communications intending to offend others.

He is said to have committed this through the Instagram application using the Twitter profile name 'greenleafyconnoiseur' and the YouTube profile name 'Alex & Amy @ insta Greenleafyconnoiseur' on June 5 and June 16 last year.

The posts were read at a condominium in Damansara Perdana here at 10.30am on July 9 last year.

Both charges were framed under Section 233(1) (a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, which provides a maximum fine of RM50,000 or imprisonment for up to one year or both.

Alexander can also be fined RM1,000 for every day the offence continues after conviction if found guilty.

Deputy public prosecutor P Vitiya Monisha in seeking a heavy sentence, said the action by the accused had caused public discomfort.

"A total of 46 police reports were received regarding the video,” she said.

During mitigation, the lawyer for the accused, R Sivaraj, said his client converted to Islam last July before marrying Siti Nuramira Abdullah in December of the same year.

He is now remorseful and has learnt his lessons, said the lawyer.

Alexander’s wife, Siti Nuramira Abdullah, was fined RM8,000 by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on April 17 this year after pleading guilty to an alternative charge of deliberately wounding the religious feelings of others during her stand-up comedy act.

She was accused of insulting Islam by admitting she is a Muslim who memorised 15 juzuk (chapters) of the Quran before revealing herself in a skimpy outfit at a comedy club.

- Bernama

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