SEPANG: A food rider was fined RM50,000 after pleading guilty to uploading a video which insulted Islam on his YouTube channel last Saturday.
Sessions Court judge Ahmad Rizki Abdul Jalil meted out the fine, in default of six months’ jail, on Mohd Nor Muzil Mohd Razalli, 39, who was charged with improper use of the network facilities.
The accused was charged with making and initiating the transmission of the offensive communication using the YouTube application with the intention of annoying others at 11.14pm on July 16 in front of the Shell petrol station in Cyberjaya.
He was charged under Section 233(1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act, punishable under Section 233(3) of the same Act.
The offence carries a maximum fine of RM50,000 or a jail term of up to one year and a fine of RM1,000 for each day the offence continues after conviction.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Nor Azizah Aling while the accused was unrepresented. — Bernama