Singaporean man, 56, jailed 14 days and fined US$1,733 for insulting Islam in Johor

JOHOR BAHRU: A 56-year-old Singaporean man has been jailed for 14 days and fined RM7,000 (US$1,733) by a Johor courtroom on Friday (Aug 21) – after pleading responsible to insulting Islam throughout a go to to the Malaysian state. 

Mohamed Anim Atam, a Singaporean safety guard who was unrepresented, was sentenced on the Johor Bahru Magistrates’ Courtroom, Malaysian media stories stated. 

In accordance with cost sheets, Mohamed Anim had intentionally uttered phrases insulting Islam with the intention of wounding the non secular emotions of one other individual below Part 298 of the Penal Code, The Star reported. 

Mohamed Anim was accused of committing the offence whereas travelling in an e-hailing automobile from Jalan Tun Razak to Jalan Meldrum on Jul 30. 

Justice of the Peace A Shaarmini ordered his jail time period to run from the date of his arrest on Tuesday – failing which he would face one other three months in jail. 

The offence carries a most jail time period of 1 12 months, a superb or each. 

Native media reported that in line with the info of the case, throughout his journey within the automobile, Mohamed Anim had described the Quran as missing in compassion and targeted solely on killing.

His remarks had been overheard by the e-hailing driver, Muhamad Danial Haikal Nadzahakim, who then uploaded a two-minute video of the dialog to social media, which went viral. 

A police report was lodged on Jul 31. Mohamed Anim was later arrested on the Sultan Iskandar Constructing alongside Jalan Lingkaran Dalam in Bukit Chagar on Aug 18. 

Throughout courtroom proceedings on Friday, he appealed for a superb, citing hypertension and ongoing divorce proceedings that required him to seem earlier than the Syariah Courtroom in Singapore, media stories stated. 

Deputy Public Prosecutor Eizlan Azhar sought a proportionate sentenceas the offence had touched upon extremely delicate points in Malaysia involving race, faith and royalty – and had brought about a major public outcry on social media, reported Malay Mail.