Crackhouse Comedy Club Owner Regrets Action, Fined RM8,000 For Offensive Communications on FB

Judge N.Priscilla Hemamalini meted out the fine after Mohamad Rizal pleaded guilty to the first of the 3 charges made against him.

While deputy public prosecutor Nurul’Ain Abu Bakar informed the court that the Attorney-General’s Chambers Office (AGC) had received the 3rd representation filed by Mohamad Rizal on 7 June, the prosecution agreed to accept the representation for Rizal to plead guilty to the 1st charge made against him and the 2 other charges being considered “take into consideration (TIC)” under Section 171A of the Criminal Procedure Code.

On the first charge, Mohamad Rizal, 40 was charged with making and initiating the transmission of offensive communications with intent to offend others via the Facebook application using the profile name ‘Rizal van Geyzel’ on 4 July 2022.

The posting was read at the Cyber Crime and Multimedia Investigation Division Office, Commercial Crime Investigation Department, Menara KPJ here at 1.17 pm on 13 July last year.

For the two other charges, he was alleged to have made and initiated the transmission of offensive communications with intent to offend others via the Instagram ‘rizalvangeyzel’ and TikTok ‘rizalvangeyzel’ on 5 and 6 July 2022 and the postings were read at the same place, time and date.