Why did Shalini Periasamy get a slap on the wrist with just RM100 fine?

The general public was exasperated that Shalini Periasamy, 35, better known as Alphaquinnsha walked away with a mere RM100 fine for a charge under Minor Offences Act.

MIC information chief R Thinalan called it a slap on the wrist. It was also widely criticised by Malaysians across the board.

T Harpal Singh a lawyer holding watching brief for the family of TikTok influencer, the late A Rajeswary, better known as Esha explained that there would not be strong case against Shalini and B Sathiskumar, who operated as Dullal Brothers.

For the record, Sathiskumar is charged under section 233 of the Communication and Multimedia Act for his alleged offence against Esha and section 509 of the Penal Code for his offence against Esha’s mother, R Puspa.

“I will explain why the charges against the lady was not continued. If the police and prosecution continued to charge her under section 506 or 509 against both the man and lady using Esha’s complaint, charges can be made but the case would not be strong.

“For example, if I use obscenities against an individual, if that person makes a report and I am charged in court and I don’t plead guilty, the case would have to be heard.

“The victim to whom the obscenities were used needs to be present in court and testify. Here the police could not use a heavier section against the man and woman because the victim passed away,” Harpal explained in a TikTok video clip.

“If the victim passed away, who would testify that the person was targeted with obscenities from a man or woman?

“If Esha was alive, the case would be more interesting and a more serious charge would be put forward,” said the KL based lawyer.

He also reminded the fact that there are no law against cyberbullying now.

“The only laws available are under CMA and Penal Code.”

He also discussed about the video recordings.

“In the case of the woman, there are videos but it cannot be said with certainty that the video is not edited.

“As for the man, the videos were found in his mobile phone.”