A housewife was fined RM10,000, in default of nine months’ jail, by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today for uttering seditious and insulting remarks, as well as transmitting offensive communications against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the royal institution and ministers on her Twitter account.

Judge M M Edwin Paramjothy meted out the fine against Nur Faizah Wahid, 28, after she pleaded guilty to both charges.

Nur Faizah was fined...