KAJANG: Former Umno Youth executive council member Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, who is better known as Papagomo, was found guilty of injuring Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman as well as hurling disrespectful and insulting words at him in 2019.
He was fined RM2,100 for the offences by the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday.
Magistrate Muhammad Noor Firdaus Rosli made the decision after finding that the defence had failed to raise a reasonable doubt at the end of the defence’s case, Bernama reported.
“Therefore, the accused is found guilty of two charges. For the amended charge of uttering disrepectful and insulting words, he is fined RM100, in default one day in jail, while for the charge of causing injury, he is fined RM2,000, in default three months in jail,” he said.
After handing down the sentence, Muhammad Noor Firdaus quoted a hadis that said, “A (perfect) Muslim is one who is safe from the tongue and hands” as a reminder to Wan Muhammad Azri, 40, who studied in a “pondok” school.
Earlier, during mitigation, lawyer Nik Saiful Adli Burhan requested the lowest fine as his client was only a trader with no fixed income.
Deputy public prosecutor Norfarhanim Abdul Halim requested a deterrent sentence as a lesson for the accused as well as others.
On Feb 21, the court ordered Wan Muhammad Azri to enter his defence after finding that the prosecution had succeeded in proving a prima facie case against him.
The former blogger was also ordered to defend himself on an amended charge of uttering disrespectful words and insulting Syed Saddiq, the founder of the party Muda.
The offence was committed by the roadside at Persiaran Impian Perdana, Saujana Impian, here at 11.05am on Feb 16, 2019.
