KUALA LUMPUR — A public university student was fined RM10,000 by the Sessions Court yesterday after pleading guilty to creating and posting an obscene video on his X account last year.

Judge Suhaila Haron imposed the sentence on the defendant, Muhammad Aidil Akmal Azhar, 24, and ordered a four-month imprisonment in default. The defendant paid the fine.

Based on the charge, the accused knowingly made and initiated the transmission of an obscene video with the intent to annoy others, via the account @sanomanji89 on X, at a residence in Shah Alam, Selangor, at 10.45pm on March 1, 2024, which was viewed at a condominium here at 11.00am on April 4 last year.