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'Unremorseful' man jailed for insulting Agong a third time
A former prisoner who has been in and out of jail for insulting the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on social media has been sentenced to jail for a year and fined RM20,000, in default six months’ jail, by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for the same offence.
Judge MM Edwin Paramjothy meted out the sentence on 38-year-old Sharil Mohd Sarif after he changed his plea to guilty during the mention of the case yesterday.
The court also ordered the accused to...
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