KUANTAN: A former Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah student was jailed for 12 months and fined RM250,000 by the Sessions Court yesterday after pleading guilty to desecrating the Quran and publishing offensive content online.
Sessions Court judge Harmi Thamri Mohamad ordered S. Vikneswaran, 21, to begin serving his jail sentence immediately.
Harmi dismissed an oral application by Vikneswaran's lawyer, Muhammad Amirull Afiqq Mohamad Lokman, for a stay of execution, ruling that there were no special circumstances to justify it.
The court also fined Vikneswaran RM250,000 for publishing offensive content online, in default of which he faces 12 months' jail.
