SEPANG, April 22 -- Two men faced court action over offensive social media posts, with one jailed after pleading guilty and another claiming trial on similar charges involving sensitive issues of race, religion and royalty (3R).

In the first case, Mat Derus Ali, 64, was sentenced to four months' jail by the Sessions Court here after admitting to uploading offensive content against the royal institution on Facebook in August last year.

He entered his guilty plea before Judge Ahmad Fuad Othman after the charge was read out.

Mat Derus was accused of knowingly initiating a communication of an offensive nature with the intent to hurt others via his Facebook account at 2.15 am on Aug 20, 2024. The post was later detected at the Malaysian Com...