Comedy club case: Crackhouse owner fined RM8,000 for posting offensive communication on FB


KUALA LUMPUR: Crackhouse comedy club owner Mohamad Rizal Van Geyzel was fined RM8,000 by the Sessions Court here on Friday (July 7) for making and initiating the transmission of offensive communications that touched on racial sensitivity through the Facebook application last year.

Judge N.Priscilla Hemamalini meted out the fine after Mohamad Rizal pleaded guilty to the first of the three charges made against him.

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