Senior citizen fined RM30,000 for uploading offensive posts about King, Malay rulers


SEPANG: An elderly man was fined RM30,000 by the Sessions Court here today for uploading an offensive post on social media about the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Conference of Rulers on his Facebook.

Judge Ahmad Fuad Othman meted out the fine, in default of six months in jail, on Johari Ismail, 67, who pleaded guilty to the charge.

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