A SINGLE mother was fined RM10,000 by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today for making offensive and insulting statements against former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah in a blog.

Judge M.M. Edwin Paramjothy meted out the fine on Lai Yuet Ming, 65, after she changed her plea to guilty to both the charges last December 6.

The court fined her RM4,000, in default of three months’ jail, on a charge with intentionally making and initiating offensive and malicious communications against Muhyiddin through the MalaysiaFlipFlop blog on March 23, 2020.

She was charged under section 233(1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 for the offence against the former prime minister.  

On the second count, for intentionally making statements against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the woman was fined RM6,000, in default of six months’ jail. The offence was committed on the blog on March 21, 2020.

The charge was framed under section 505(b) of the penal code for making a statement conducing to public mischief, which carries an imprisonment for up to two years, a fine or both, if convicted.

Both the postings were read at the Cybercrime and Multimedia Investigation Division, Commercial Crime Investigation Department, Bukit Aman police headquarters at 1.40pm on May 6, 2020 and 10pm on March 21, 2020.

Deputy public prosecutor Najihah Farhana Che Awang prosecuted, while lawyer Rajsurian Pillai represented Lai. – Bernama, December 21, 2021.