SEPANG: A farmer pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here on Wednesday (July 2) to a charge of posting offensive comments on Facebook in February this year. Mohammad Faisal Mohd Yusof, 37, entered the plea when the charge was read before Judge Ahmad Fuad Othman. He was charged with knowingly posting and initiating the transmission of...
BUKIT MERTAJAM: The police have started investigating a food delivery rider for allegedly sending a racially-charged offensive message via a food delivery app in an incident reported here. Seberang Perai Tengah (SPT) police chief Helmi Aris confirmed that the investigation is ongoing. "The police have opened an investigation file for this case, which is being probed under...
KOTA KINABALU: A police report has been lodged over a defamatory article by news portal Sabahkini2, which accused the Energy Commission of Sabah (Ecos) chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Nasser Abdul Wahid of approving a power project without state cabinet approval. Published on Thursday (April 17), Abdul Nasser said the article contained false and baseless allegations. He...
SHAH ALAM: The chief executive officer (CEO) of Global Ikhwan Services and Business (GISB) and his wife are among 19 individuals remanded for seven days starting on Thursday (Sept 19). The remand application for the individuals, aged between 25 and 65, was submitted before Magistrate Wan Noora Nisa Ngadirin at the Magistrate’s Court here. They are...
KUALA LUMPUR: An individual was slapped with a compound fine of RM25,000 for uploading false content related to the organisation of the 2024 Quran Recital and Memorisation Assembly, according to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). It said the individual was fined under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 for uploading a status on Facebook...
PETALING JAYA: Several social media sites have been identified as spreading alleged leaked investigation information related to the Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin murder case, says the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). In a statement on Saturday (June 15), MCMC said it had submitted requests to social media platform operators, including TikTok and Telegram, to remove...
PETALING JAYA: Several social media sites have been identified as spreading alleged leaked investigation information related to the Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin murder case, says the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). In a statement on Saturday (June 15), MCMC said it had submitted requests to social media platform operators, including TikTok and Telegram, to remove...
