A Malaysian teenager has been jailed for posting derogatory comments about his state’s royal family on Facebook - days after the crown prince asked police to stop arresting people who insult him online.

Muhammad Amirul Azwan Mohd Shakri, a 19-year-old building site worker from the southern state of Johor, made a series of insulting comments on the social network under the name ‘Miyo Castello’ between March and April.

Details of the alleged insults posted on the ‘TRW Troll Story’ comedy page have not yet been divulged and they were later removed.

Mr Shakri was handed a one-year prison sentence on Tuesday after pleading guilty to 14 charges of wrongdoing under the country’s strict multimedia laws, according to the Straits Times.

Malaysia’s Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 states that anyone who insults state royalty online can be jailed or face a £8,400 fine.

Mr Shakri was seen breaking down in tears in the courtroom as the judge read out his sentence, before being led away...

Luigi wrote:Muhammad Amirul Azwan Mohd Shakri

Do people with such names actually have to write their entire name in Malay?

katyperrypizza wrote:

Luigi wrote:Muhammad Amirul Azwan Mohd Shakri

Do people with such names actually have to write their entire name in Malay?

as such of course we are dealing with peiple livong i a year non available to the west..

Luigi wrote:I missed something here. What was it?