Blogger 'Hassan Skodeng' to face charge tomorrow
PETALING JAYA: Blogger 'Hassan Skodeng' is expected to be charged by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court tomorrow in relation to a March 25 posting relating to Tenaga Nasional Berhad on his blog.
The blogger, whose real name is Irwan Abdul Rahman, 36, is expected to be charged under Section 233 (1)(a) of Communication and Multimedia Act 1998, for improper use of network facilities or network service by making, creating, soliciting and initiates transmission of any content that is obscene, indecent, false, menacing or offensive in character with malicious intent.
Irwan's blog, nose4news.wordpress.com, which he created a year and a half ago, is a portal dedicated to humorous satirical news pieces in the vein of popular US website, The Onion.
The article in contention, written several days before April's Fool Day, was titled 'TNB To Sue WWF Over Earth Hour.' In the article, written as a faux news piece, he had described a fictitious Press conference organised by TNB president and CEO Datuk Sri Che Khalib Mohd Noh.
In the article, the TNB chief was quoted as calling the Earth Hour campaign "irresponsible" and described the World Wide Fund For Nature as a "green terrorist" over the global energy-saving campaign.
The Earth Hour campaign is an annual global movement asking the public to turn off all non-essential lights and electrical equipment for an hour every year to make a stand for climate change.
The humour piece even described the TNB supremo as screaming "POWERRR EXTREME!!" at the end of the fictitious Press conference, in reference to the battle cry by 1980s cartoon series The Centurions.
As a result, it was reported on Apr 17 that TNB had expressed their dissatisfaction over the continued publication of the article in the blog.
It was also reported that the utility giant lodged a report with the MCMC for further action.
Following the complaint, Irwan was called for investigations in April and was informed of the impending charge on Aug 12.
sumber : MMAIL
