AGC still mulling Crackhouse owner’s third rep

The Attorney-General’s Chamber (AGC) has not made a decision on a third representation by Crackhouse Comedy Club owner Mohamad Rizal Van Geyzel.

Deputy public prosecutor Noor Haslinda Che Seman today told the criminal court that the prosecution is still mulling over the letter of representation dealing with the charges of creating and initiating the online distribution of videos that touched on racial sensitivity last year.

In a letter of representation, the accused party proposes a way to resolve a legal matter, such as via the withdrawal of charges, or for a lesser charge to be put forward.

“We received (the letter of representation) on June 7 and it is still in the stage of examination. There is no decision on that (for now).

“We seek another (mention) date on June 26 for (AGC) decision on the representation,” Noor Haslinda told Priscilla Hemamalini Nadarajan, who is the trial judge of the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur.

The judge then set June 26 for mention for the prosecution to update on whether the AGC accepts or rejects the representation.

The AGC binned Rizal’s two earlier letters of representation.

According to the three charges, Rizal, 40, was accused of transmitting offensive communications with intent to offend others, through a Facebook application via the profile name “Rizal van Geyzel”, Instagram “rizalvangeyzel” and TikTok “rizalvangeyzel”, between July 4 and 6 last year.

The three postings were allegedly read at the Cyber and Multimedia Crime Investigation Division Office, Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department, Bukit Aman Police Headquarters, Kuala Lumpur, at 1.17pm, on July 13 last year.

The charges were laid under Section 233(1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, and punishable under Section 233 (3) of the same act, which specifies a fine not exceeding RM50,000 or imprisonment up to a year or both, upon conviction.

The case against Rizal came on the heels of a controversial stand-up routine at the club in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, in the middle of last year.

Siti Nuramira Abdullah, the woman linked to the stand-up routine and her husband V Alexander Navin were fined RM8,000 and RM16,000, respectively, following the duo pleading guilty to criminal charges linked to the incident.

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