The Nigerian social media users are panicking over the news that someone was
actually sent to jail over a comment made on his Facebook wall. Many who heard the news that a Malaysian
teenager was sentenced to one year in jail recently over Facebook posts which
insulted the royal family in a Southern state, fear that such could be
implemented in the country too going by the cyber crime law that ex-President Jonathan
passed shortly before leaving office.
Muhammad Shakri, 19, pleaded guilty to a 14 counts of
insulting the Johor royal family on his Facebook page between March and April,
before he was sentenced by Johor Bahru Sessions’s court.
The teenager was charged under the country’s multimedia law
that forbids posting online content that annoys abuses, threatens, or harasses
others, according the DPP, Azizah Mohamad.
The law carries a maximum penalty of up to one year
imprisonment and/or a fine of up to 12,500 dollars.
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