Factory operator charged with insulting Islam
Tuesday, 26 Feb 20193:45 PM MYT
SHAH ALAM (Bernama): A factory operator has been charged in the magistrate's court here with uploading a Facebook post that insulted Islam last week.
A. Taneson, 22, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge before Magistrate Rini Triany Muhamad Ali.
He was charged with uploading the post on his Facebook account, with the profile name “Sarkar Tanesan”, at about 11.40am on Feb 19.
The charge was made under Section 298 A (1) of the Penal Code for causing disharmony, disunity or feelings of enmity, hatred and ill-will on grounds of religion among the people of different religions in the country, which provides an imprisonment of up to five years, if found guilty.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohd Fairuz Johari, who prosecuted, did not offer bail as the offence was non-bailable.
However, lawyer Kailashii Vasudevan Appu, representing Taneson, requested bail on the grounds that his client had mental problems and for him to be sent to hospital for observation.
Rini Triany then set bail at RM8,000 in one surety and ordered Taneson to report to the nearest police station every two weeks.
The court set April 5 for mention. – Bernama
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