Copter tragedy: Trader fined RM23,000 for offensive remark


TAIPING: An online trader who made an offensive remark on the helicopter crash during a training exercise at the Royal Malaysian Navy Lumut Base was fined RM23,000 by the Sessions Court here on Friday (April 26).

Judge Nabisha Ibrahim meted out the sentence on Saifuddin Shafik, 35, after he pleaded guilty to the charge and ordered him to serve three months in prison if he failed to pay the fine.

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