Man, 29, who tweeted about Nora is charged
Published on: Wednesday, August 21, 2019
By: Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: A marketing officer pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate’s Court here over a charge of making insulting statements in connection with 15-year-old Nora Anne Quoirin’s death last week.
Muhammad Zikri Ibrahim, 29, recorded his plea when the charge was read to him in front of Magistrate Noorasyikin Sahat.
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He is accused of using the Twitter application, via the account ‘Zikri Armstrong’, of committing intentional insult against the Orang Asli community with the intent of provoking a breach of the peace at 8.30pm on Aug 14.
Clad in blue jeans and blue tee-shirt, Muhammad Zikri was charged under Section 504 of the Penal Code which carries a jail term of up to two years, a fine or both upon conviction.
Earlier, Deputy Public Prosecutor Julia Ibrahim asked for a RM10,000 bail to be imposed, but the accused, represented by lawyer Muhammad Syazwan Mohd Salleh, pleaded for a lower amount on the grounds that his client was about to get married in December.
The court then set bail at RM6,000 with one surety and fixed Sept 19 for mention.
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