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Elderly man jailed 6 months after failing to pay fine for false post
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Johari Ismail, 67, has been sentenced to six months in prison after failing to pay a RM30,000 fine for posting false content about the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the 268th Conference of Rulers on his Facebook.

In a statement, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said that Johari is serving his sentence at Kajang Prison, starting yesterday.


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