Trader fined RM3,000 over seditious post on the King


Offensive remarks: Bailiffs escorting Zaidi out of the Sessions Court in Johor Baru.

JOHOR BARU: A petty trader was fined RM3,000 in default six months’ jail after he pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here to posting inflammatory and disrespectful statements about the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on social media.

Zaidi Mat Sah, 56, was charged with uploading the post on social media platform X that was seditious in nature, disrespecting the King and tarnishing the image of the royal institution.

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