Ex-headmaster fined RM10,000 over FB threat against pathologist in Zara inquest
PETALING JAYA:
A former headmaster has been fined RM10,000 by the Kota Kinabalu sessions court for uploading a Facebook post threatening a consultant forensic pathologist who testified in the inquest into Zara Qairina Mahathir’s death.
Judge Marlina Ibrahim handed down the sentence on Kamul Kamarudin after he changed his plea from not guilty to guilty today, Daily Express reported.
Marlina also ordered Kamul to serve a two-month jail sentence if he fails to pay the fine.
On Sept 11, Kamul had pleaded not guilty to a charge of using a Facebook profile in the name of “Amung Kamaruddin” to publish the post against Dr Jessie Hiu, a forensic pathologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kota Kinabalu.
Hiu had testified before coroner Amir Shah Amir Hassan…
