A CONTRACT worker pleaded guilty at the Sepang Sessions Court today to 12 charges of sending obscene communications through Facebook and WhatsApp with the intent to offend others between 2018 and 2019.

Muhammad Hakim Habibullah, 31, was charged with knowingly making and initiating indecent communications via WhatsApp and uploading the same content onto his Facebook account between September 21, 2018, and June 23, 2019.

The charges were framed under section 233(1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, which is punishable with a fine of up to RM50,000 or up to a year’s jail, or both, upon conviction.

Judge Noorhisham Mohd Jaafar fixed appointment of a lawyer, the facts of the case and sentencing on March 30, and allowed the guilty party a RM1,000 bail with one surety for each charge.

Hakim, who was unrepresented, asked for a lower bail saying that he has no permanent job and has to support his mother.

He is also applying to be represented by a lawyer from the National Legal Aid Foundation for case management purposes.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission prosecution officer Nazrul Nizam Mohd Zameri prosecuted. – Bernama, February 24, 2022.