SEPANG: A pekasam fish trader pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here on Monday (March 27) to a charge of posting offensive communications against Johor Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar on Twitter last year.
He was charged with knowingly making and initiating the transmission of insulting communications against the Sultan of Johor with the intention of annoying others using the profile name 'Fadzelli6'.
The post was read at about 2 pm on Nov 25 last year at the 19th Floor, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission Headquarters in Cyberjaya here. He was charged under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 with improper use of network facilities and can be punished under Section 233 of the same law, which provides a fine not exceeding RM50,000 or imprisonment for up to one year or both, if convicted.
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