A HOUSEWIFE was today fined RM10,000, in default two months’ jail, by the Shah Alam Sessions Court for improper use of the network facilities by making insulting comments against the Selangor royalty on her Facebook in June.

Judge Rihaida Rafie handed down the punishments on Siti Nurul Ain Mat Nayan, 32, who had pleaded guilty to the charge.

Siti Nurul was charged with knowingly using her mobile phone to make and initiate the communication of offensive statement against the Selangor royalty on her Facebook with intent to annoy others.

The link was then read at Istana Mestika, Section 7 in Shah Alam at 10.26am on June 26.

She was charged under Section 233(1)(a) of Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and can be sentenced under Section 233(3) of the same act which provides for a fine of up to RM50,000 or one year’s jail sentence or both, and can be further fined up to RM1,000 for each day the offence is continued after conviction.

In mitigation, she, unrepresented, said she was remorseful and promised to not make the same mistake. – Bernama, July 24, 2020.