Lawyer: Client's FB account banned even before insulting remarks surfaced


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 16 Apr 2017

Cross checking: Facebook said it would work with several leading French news organisations to ensure that false news items were not published on its platform. — Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR: A businessman, who has been charged with insulting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor on Facebook, claims that his account was banned even before the alleged incident.

"His Facebook account has been suspended since March 30. He was in Klang at the time in question," said Lim Lip Eng, the lawyer for Kum Eng Choon, 48.

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