A MAGISTRATE’S court in Kajang today found former Umno Youth executive council member Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, better known as Papagomo, guilty of injuring and insulting Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman four years ago.

The 40-year-old former blogger was fined RM2,100 for the offences.

“The accused (Wan Azri) is found guilty of two charges. For the amended charge of uttering disrespectful and insulting words, he is fined RM100, in default of a day in jail, while for the charge of causing injury, he is fined RM2,000, in default of three months in jail,” said magistrate Muhammad Noor Firdaus Rosli.

Earlier, during mitigation, lawyer Nik Saiful Adli Burhan, representing Wan Azri, requested the lowest fine as his client was only a trader and had no fixed income.

Deputy public prosecutor Norfarhanim Abdul Halim asked for a deterrent sentence as a lesson for the accused as well as others.

On February 21, the magistrate ordered Wan Azri to enter his defence after finding that the prosecution had succeeded in proving a prima facie case against him.

The offence was committed at the road side at Persiaran Impian Perdana, Saujana Impian, Kajang at 11.05am on February 16, 2019. – Bernama, September 12, 2023.