Malaysia presented its anti-fake news law last month.
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A court in Malaysia founded guilty a Danish nationwide on Monday for erroneously slamming cops on social networks.
Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman is the very first individual to be founded guilty under the nation’s fake-news law, which was presented last month.
Sulaiman’s conviction was based upon a video he published to YouTube implicating the cops of taking 50 minutes to react to distress signal following a shooting in Kuala Lumpur on April21 Police refuted the claims, stating they took 8 minutes to react. In court, Sulaiman excused the video, confessing he was incorrect, according to Reuters.
Malaysia presented the fake-news law in April, making it unlawful to both produce and share phony news. Critics of the law state it’s created to suppress totally free speech in Malaysia ahead of the nation’s basic election on May 9. If condemned, individuals can be sentenced to jail for approximately 6 years and fined approximately 500,000 Malaysian ringgit (which approximately transforms to $130,000).
The court fined Sulaiman 10,000 ringgit (about $2,550), however he chose to invest a month in prison since he might not pay.
