The first person has been charged and found guilty under Malaysia’s Anti-Fake News Act, less than a month after it was passed into law, as reported by Gizmodo.
Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman, 46, posted a YouTube video claiming Malaysian police took 50 minutes to respond to emergency calls in Kuala Lumpur after the shooting of Palestinian lecturer and Hamas member Fadi al-Batsh on April 21st. Malaysia’s inspector general of police, Mohamad Fuzi Harun, says the response time was eight minutes.
The charge against Sulaiman stated he “with ill intent, published fake news through a video on YouTube.” At the hearing, he pleaded guilty and apologized, stating he posted the YouTube video in a “moment of anger.” “I agreed I made a mistake,” he said....
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