Sarawak PKR leader fined RM5,000 for insulting Agong

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Sessions court says a fine is sufficient as Iswardy Morni has no prior record of similar offences.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/01/23/sarawak-pkr-leader-fined-rm5000-for-insulting-agong/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/01/23/pemimpin-pkr-sarawak-didenda-rm5000-kerana-hina-agong/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #IswardyMorni #YDPA #PKR

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00:00The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has slapped PKR leader Iswardi Morni with a RM5,000 fine

00:07for insulting the young Dipertuan Agong four years ago.

00:11Judge M.M.

00:12Edwin Paramjyoti said first-time offenders like Iswardi were generally entitled to some

00:17degree of mitigation, except in cases where the offence is so severe as to warrant minimal

00:22concession.

00:23Paramjyoti said in this case, the accused has no prior records of similar offences,

00:28which strengthens the argument for mitigation.

00:31The judge meted out the maximum fine of RM5,000 or six months' jail in default.

00:36Iswardi, the Central PKR Information Coordinating Secretary and Petra Jaya Division Chief, paid

00:42the fine.

00:43Paramjyoti said the impugned words uttered by the accused went beyond the bounds of permissible

00:48discourse and fell squarely within the ambit of sedition, both in substance and effect.

00:54He said the impugned statements were directed at the then-king, whose reign coincided with

00:58a period of extraordinary national and global turbulence, marked most notably by the COVID-19

01:03pandemic.

01:04Natasha Bust, FMT News.

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