Kuala Lumpur: A welder was sentenced to six months in jail by the Sessions Court here today after he pleaded guilty to making and initiating offensive communications against the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah on his Twitter account in December last year.
Judge N. Priscilla Hemamalini ordered the accused, Mohd Masri Md Darus, 36, to serve the sentence beginning today.
Mohd Masri is accused of committing the offence with the intention of annoying others by using his Twitter “@Muhammad65J” at 8.21am on Dec 22 last year.
The post was read at the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department Office, Wangsa Maju at 5pm on Jan 3 this year.
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