KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 5): A journalist pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate’s Court here to three charges of making statements on Facebook regarding the 2019 novel coronavirus which are likely to cause fear or alarm to the public. Wan Noor Hayati Wan Alias, 41, entered the plea after the charges were read to her by an interpreter before Magistrate Tawfiq Affandy Chin. According to all three charges, the accused through her Facebook account, 'Ibu Yati', knowingly made statements about the virus with the intention to cause fear or alarm to the public or any section of the public. The three statements were read on her Facebook page at the Commercial Crime Investigation Department, Bukit Aman, here, at 10pm on Jan 26, 2020. The court allowed bail of RM12,000 with one surety for all the charges and set March 11 for remention.

Source: The Edge Markets February 05, 2020 05:03 UTC