KUALA LUMPUR: Police caution the public against speculating on the RM100 fine meted out against a welfare home owner over an offence linked to the death of social media influencer A. Rajeshwary, better known as Esha.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said the charges were based on evidence gathered during investigations.
"The public must also know that the RM100 fine is the maximum fine provided for under Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act.
"A woman was charged under the Act and was fined RM100 after she pleaded guilty, " he told reporters at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters on Thursday.
Yesterday, welfare home owner Shalini Periasamy, 35, was charged at the magistrate's court with an offence linked to the death of Esha, who allegedly committed suicide earlier this month.
She was fined the maximum RM100 for deliberately uttering vulgarities with the intention to stir anger and disturb the peace through a TikTok account this month.
Magistrate M.S. Arunjothy sentenced her after she pleaded guilty to the offence committed via her TikTok account, "alphaquinnsha".
The punishment was widely condemned by many social media commentators, as they considered the offence had purportedly led to a person's death.
On July 5, Esha, was found dead at her residence in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur, a day after filing a report about the criminal threats and defamation she had received.