KUALA LUMPUR – A security guard was fined RM3,000 by the sessions court here today for posting a video on Facebook that insulted Inland Revenue Board advisory board member Tan Sri Rashpal Singh Randhay two years ago.
Judge M.M. Edwin Paramjothy passed the sentence on Mohd Alies Abd Manan, 59, after he changed his plea to guilty when the case was brought up for mention today.
The court also ordered the father of five to serve three months in jail if he fails to pay the fine.
Alies was charged under Section 233(1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 with making an insulting post using the Facebook profile Alies Aliesz with intent to offend others on October 4, 2019.
Rashpal had lodged a police report on October 6, 2019, after Alies posted a fake video of a man dancing, whom he falsely identified as Rashpal.
The charge provides a maximum fine of RM50,000 or imprisonment of up to one year or both.
In mitigation, Alies, who was unrepresented, pleaded for a lenient sentence as he only earns RM1,300 a month and has a family to take care of. – Bernama, October 20, 2021
