Danish Man Is First Person Sentenced Under Malaysia's Anti-Fake-News Law
Danish citizen Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman was charged with spreading fake news after he posted a video to YouTube accusing police in Kuala Lumpur of a slow response to a shooting.
by Camila Domonoske
Apr 30, 2018
2 minutes
Updated at 2:40 p.m. ET
A Danish citizen in Malaysia has pleaded guilty to maliciously publishing fake news by posting a YouTube video critical of police, making him the first person punished under the country's new, controversial Anti-Fake News Act.
Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman, 46, is a citizen of Denmark. He posted on YouTube on April 21, after a Palestinian lecturer
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