KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 — A former prisoner who has been in and out of jail for insulting the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on social media, was jailed for a year and fined RM20,000, in default six months’ jail, by the Sessions Court here today for the same offence.
The court also ordered the accused to serve the jail term starting from the date he was arrested on August 24.During sentencing, Edwin said the accused had gone too far and his actions in insulting the King had violated the freedom of speech provided under the Federal Constitution. Sharil was charged with making and initiating the transmission of offensive communications against His Majesty with the intention to annoy others via Twitter using the profile name “Sharil bin Mohd Sarif” at 7.43am on April 20, 2021.
He was charged with improperly using the network facilities under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, which provides a maximum fine of RM50,000 or imprisonment for up to one year or both while Section 233 of the same Act also empowers the court to impose a further fine of RM1,000 for subsequent offences.
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