PETALING JAYA: A factory operator was sentenced to four months in prison by the magistrate's court here for uploading an offensive post on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to his Facebook page last month.
Magistrate Mohd Azali Ibrahim meted out the sentence against Mohamad Hamizan Ghazali after he pleaded guilty to the offence today.
The 24-year-old man was charged with uploading an edited image of Najib to his Facebook account bearing the name Leyzan Ghazali with the intention of offending others at Jalan Melati 2, Taman Paya Rumput Perdana, Melaka Tengah between 12.01pm on Oct 20 and 5.30pm on Oct 22.
The offence falls under Section 233(1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 which provides for one year’s imprisonment, or a RM50,000 fine, or both, upon conviction.
Hamizan who was unrepresented pleaded for lenience sentence stating that he had been remanded for five days as the mitigation factor.
However, Deputy Public Prosecutor Abu Arsalnaa Zainal Abidin pressed for deterrent sentence against the accused.
"He should not upload an edited picture that can tarnish the image of the national leader," he said.