E-hailing driver fined RM7,000 for insulting King online


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): An e-hailing driver was fined RM7,000, in default six months' jail, by the Sessions Court here Wednesday (April 7) for improper use of network facilities by transmitting offensive communications against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on Twitter last year.

Judge M. M. Edwin Paramjothy meted out the fine on Sufazrin Amin Ismail, 27, after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

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