SEPANG: The sessions court has ordered cosmetics entrepreneur Aliff Syukri Kamarzaman to enter his defence on four counts of uploading offensive content on his Instagram account in 2022.
Judge Ahmad Fuad Othman made the ruling today after finding that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against Aliff.
Fuad said the prosecution proved that Aliff was the owner and administrator of the Instagram account used to upload the content after he voluntarily submitted the ID and password of the account.
“To show that the accused had control over the account, he submitted the login details and two-factor authentication to the sixth prosecution witness (investigator).
“As a result, the witness was able to access the account,” he said.
Fuad also said there was no need for an expert to define the term “tidak sopan” (offensive) as raised by the defence.
“It’s a standard dictionary definition. Given the circumstances in which the video was posted, it was inappropriate, especially during Ramadan,” the judge added.
The court set May 19 and 22, as well as June 16 and July 3 for the trial.
