Danish Man Is First Person Sentenced Under Malaysia’s Anti-Fake-News Law

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Danish national Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman (second from right) is escorted by police on Monday as he arrives at a courthouse in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A Danish citizen in Malaysia has pleaded guilty to maliciously publishing fake news by posting a YouTube video critical of police, making him the first person punished under the country’s new, controversial Anti-Fake News Act.

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