Cleaner jailed for defaming slain policeman in the Ulu Tiram incident

Guilty: Wan Abd Qayyum (centre) at the Tapah Magistrate’s Court. He was found guilty of uploading defamatory comments on social media against a policeman killed in the shooting incident. — Bernama

TAPAH: A cleaner was sentenced to seven days in jail and fined RM800 in default of seven days jail by the Magistrate’s Court here for uploading defamatory comments on social media about a policeman killed in a shooting incident at the Ulu Tiram police station in Johor in May.

Magistrate Anis Zainab Pawan Teh meted out the sentence for Wan Abd Qayyum Wan Mohd Radzuan, 25, after he pleaded guilty to the charge yesterday.