Housewife fined RM12,000 for spreading fake news on vaccines

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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A housewife was fined RM12,000 in default six months’ jail by the Sessions Court here for spreading fake news about vaccines on Facebook.

Judge M. M Edwin Paramjothy sentenced Tengku Noor Azlin Wa Kembang Tengku Azizan, 46, after she pleaded guilty to spreading the news through a video posted on the social networking site.

The charge was framed under Section 4 of the Emergency Ordinance 2021 which carries a maximum fine of RM100,000, or a maximum jail term of three years, or both. "The offence was committed at a time when the government was trying its best to implement a comprehensive vaccination programme to stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic," the judge said on Monday .

 

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