KUANTAN: An unemployed man was fined RM15,000, in default six months in jail, by the Sessions Court here today after pleading guilty to uploading an offensive post on social media regarding the Pahang Sultanate. Judge Maimoonah Aid imposed the fine on Mohd Nazre Mohd Sani, 44, following his guilty plea.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Mohd Nazree faced charges of using the TikTok application to initiate the transmission of offensive communication intended to annoy others. The post was linked to the office of the Sultan of Pahang in Pekan at 2:27 pm on April 24 this year. The charge was made under Section 233 (1) (a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, which carries a penalty of a fine not exceeding RM50,000 or imprisonment for up to one year, or both. Additionally, there is a further fine of RM1,000 for each day the offence continues after conviction.

In a related case in the same court, Muhammad Shabir Abd Kadir, 42, was fined RM5,000, in default of four months imprisonment, after pleading gui
lty to transmitting two offensive communications via a short message service to a lawyer four years ago. The messages were read at 1:36 pm and 1:37 pm at a house in Perkampungan Indera Sempurna on October 2, 2020.