MUAR: Controversial musician and rapper Namewee was sentenced to three months of community service in lieu of a three-month jail term after he pleaded guilty to using abusive words on a Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) officer here about four years ago.
Sessions Court judge Roszianayati Ahmad also bound over Namewee or Wee Meng Chee in the sum of RM5,000 with one surety to be of good behaviour for three months.
Wee, 31, was charged with using obscene words on TNB officer Wan Mohd Faizal Wan Hamat in his office at Jalan Temenggong Ahmad at 10pm on Oct 26, 2009.
He was earlier alleged to have insulted and disgraced the officer with obscene words.
Wee was represented by Hishamudin Abdul Aziz and Sri Rohani Sabtu while the Johor head of prosecution Saiful Edris Zainuddin prosecuted.
According to the facts, Wan Mohd Faizal was on duty at the TNB office in Jalan Temenggong Ahmad here when Wee loudly expressed dissatisfaction that the utility company had taken too much time to restore electricity supply.
Wee was alleged to have uttered obscene words in Chinese with the intention of insulting and to disgrace Faizal.
At the time of the incident, five men including Faizal were at the scene.
They heard the words which were also recorded and then uploaded on Youube.
Police arrested Wee on Aug 26 this year with a warrant of arrest issued by the High Court on Aug 7.