A crab trader was sentenced to six months in prison and fined RM15,000 by the Sessions Court in Kangar today after pleading guilty to uploading offensive posts against Raja of Perlis Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail on his Facebook account last March.

Judge Musyiri Peet in meting out the punishment on Hasbullah Mohammad, 41, ordered the prison sentence to run from the date he was arrested on March 7 and an additional two months in jail if he fails to pay the fine.

Before handing down the sentence...