KUALA LUMPUR – Crackhouse Comedy Club owner Mohamad Rizal van Geyzel has failed in his bid to dismiss all three charges against him for creating and initiating the distribution of videos that touch on racial sensitivity on social media.
Today, the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has rejected Rizal’s second letter of representation that was sent last month, reported The Edge.
His lawyer Pravin Mahentharan told the sessions court here that the defence will likely send another letter.
Judge Priscilla Hemamalini Nadarajan set June 13 for case mention.
On January 20, the AGC had rejected the representation filed by Rizal on December 12 last year to have the three charges dropped.
Rizal, 40, was accused of making and initiating the transmission of offensive communications with the intent to offend others via Facebook using the profile name “Rizal van Geyzel,” Instagram profile “rizalvangeyzel,” and TikTok account “rizalvangeyzel”, between July 4 and 6, 2022.
The three posts were read at the Cyber and Multimedia Crime Investigation Division Office, Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department, Bukit Aman Police Headquarters, 27th Floor, KPJ Tower here, at 1.17pm on July 13, 2022.
The charges were framed under Section 233(1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 – punishable under Section 233(3) of the same act – which provides a maximum fine of RM50,000 or imprisonment not exceeding one year or both, and shall be further fined RM1,000 for every day that the offence is repeated after conviction, if convicted. – Bernama, May 31, 2023
