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.
He was charged with defaming Kpl Ahmad Azza Fahmi Azhar, who was killed in the incident, in a post on Facebook with the intention of annoying others.
The post was then read by Azhar Khaiden, 55, who is the father of the deceased, at SK Felda Sungai Klah, Sungkai, at 2pm on Aug 28.
According to a Bernama report, Wan Abd Qayyum was charged under Section 500 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum jail term of two years or a fine, or both, upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Noor Nabila Norzam appeared for the prosecution, while lawyer Amani Williams-Hunt from the National Legal Aid Foundation represented the accused.
In the Ulu Tiram police station attack on May 17, Kpl Ahmad Azza Fahmi, 22, and Kons Muhamad Syafiq Ahmad Said, 24, were killed.
Two gunshots injured another police officer, Kpl Mohd Hasif Roslan, 38, in the shoulder and hip.
