Comedy club owner fined RM8,000 over FB post


KUALA LUMPUR: Crackhouse Comedy Club owner Mohamad Rizal Van Geyzel (pic) has been fined RM8,000 by the Sessions Court here for “making and initiating the transmission of offensive communications” that touched on racial sensitivities via Facebook last year.

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

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