Sanjeevan acquitted of spreading false info on police

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force (MyWatch) chairman Datuk R Sri Sanjeevan (pic) was acquitted and discharged by the Sessions Court here on Friday (May 5) on two counts of improper use of network facilities involving the transmission of false communications on the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM).

Judge Datuk MM Edwin Paramjothy made the decision after finding the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against Sanjeevan, 39, as the person being summoned, at the end of the prosecution’s case.

"Therefore, the person is acquitted and discharged from both charges without being called to enter defence and the bail money is returned,” he said.

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DPP Nurilya Ellyna Nor Azmal prosecuted while lawyers S Preakas and Miguel Sequerah represented Sanjeevan.

A total of eight prosecution witnesses were called to testify at the trial that began in June 2020.

On June 5, 2020, Sanjeevan was alleged to have knowingly made and initiated the transmission of a false communication on PDRM with the intent to annoy others through a Twitter account belonging to @SanjeevanSS at 3.15pm on April 7 that year at the Communications Office of Bukit Aman police headquarters here.

Sanjeevan, a businessman, was also alleged to have committed a similar offence through the @My_CrimeWatch Twitter account with the said tweet being read at 8.15am on May 17 that year at the Commercial Crime Investigation Department of Bukit Aman police headquarters.

The offence was framed under Section 233 (1) (a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, which carries a maximum jail term of one year or a fine or both upon conviction. – Bernama