Sivarasa charged over fake ‘Time’ cover of Najib


KUALA LUMPUR: Subang MP R. Sivarasa has claimed trial in the Sessions Court here to two counts of using an application to create a fake Time magazine front page involving Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s photograph, via his Facebook account.

Sivarasa, 60, faces two charges of knowingly using an application to create and send a fake photograph of the Prime Minister via a “Sivarasa Rasiah” Facebook account with the intention to offend another person, at 7.41am on March 22 and at 4.59am on March 23.

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