Gagal mohon maaf kepada Rayer, lelaki dipenjara sebulan
S Murugesan didapati bersalah ingkar perintah mahkamah dalam kes saman fitnah RSN Rayer berhubung dakwaan dana PHEB diseleweng.
A man named S Murugesan, 50, was arrested for a month after failing to apologize publicly and retract a statement he made against Jelutong RSN MP Rayer, according to news on September 2024. Murugesan was found guilty of insulting the court on Thursday due to his refusal to comply with the court's judgment of 22 May, following a defamation lawsuit filed by Rayer. He was also ordered to pay a fine of RM3,000.
Murugesan's lawyer, K Kumarathiraviam, stated that a bail application had been filed and is expected to be granted the following day. Kumarathiraviam said that Judge Mahkamah Sesyen Norsalha Hamzah had found Murugesan guilty of offending the court because he failed to submit an apology and withdraw his statement in two newspapers, WhatsApp, TikTok, and Facebook accounts within two days.
He was also barred from making any inflammatory statements against Rayer in the future. However, Kumarathiraviam added that Murugesan did not seek any conditional apology or withdraw the statement as ordered. Instead, he stated that Murugesan uploaded another video on the evening of May 22, immediately after the judgment was announced, and issued another statement two days later, specifically regarding Rayer's role as the chairman of the Hindu Endowment Board of Penang (PHEB).
Previously, the court ordered Murugesan to pay a compensatory amount of RM100,000 and RM4,000 to Rayer for spreading the video on social media in September 2024, which accused him of embezzling PHEB funds and attempting to misuse more money.
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