His lawyer N Yohendra said this when the case came up for mention before sessions court Judge MM Edwin Paramjothy today.
Yohendra said the letter of representation was sent to the AGC yesterday (April 28) and the hard copy of the representation was submitted to the prosecution today. This was confirmed by deputy public prosecutor Najihah Farhana Che Awang.
The two charges made against Fahmi were on the quarantine period for Cabinet ministers who return from official visits abroad and the ban on the sale of liquor in the country.
During the proceeding, the court set July 7 and 20 to hear the case on the charge involving the quarantine period for Cabinet ministers and on Aug 8 and 9 for the case about the ban on liquor sales.
The court also set June 8 for mention to know the status of the representation.
Last Feb 10, Fahmi had pleaded not guilty at the sessions court here to the charge of posting offensive communications through his Twitter app on the quarantine period for Cabinet ministers who return from official visits abroad.
He was charged with knowingly making and initiating the transmission of obscene communications using a Twitter account of “Fahmi Reza” or “@kuasasiswa” with the intention of offending others at 3.02 pm on Feb 10, 2021.
The content was then read at the health ministry’s corporate communications head office, Presint 1, Putrajaya, at 4pm on Feb 11 the same year.
On Feb 17, he was charged again in the sessions court and pleaded not guilty to the same offence, this time over the ban on the sale of liquor in the country.
He was charged with committing the act with the intention of offending others through his Facebook page using the profile “Fahmi Reza” at 11.45am, on June 1, 2021.
The posting was then read at a unit at Pangsapuri Melur, Sentul Perdana, Bandar Baru Sentul here, at 9am on June 2, 2021.
All the charges were framed under Section 233 (1) (a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, and punishable under Section 233 (3) of the same act, which carries a maximum fine of RM50,000 or imprisonment not exceeding one year or both and a further fine of RM1,000 for each day the offence is continued after conviction, if convicted.