A former prisoner who has been in and out of jail for insulting the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on social media has been sentenced to jail for a year and fined RM20,000, in default six months’ jail, by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for the same offence.

Judge MM Edwin Paramjothy meted out the sentence on 38-year-old Sharil Mohd Sarif after he changed his plea to guilty during the mention of the case yesterday.

The court also ordered the accused to...