A Malaysian court has fined 23-year-old social media influencer Tang Sie Luk $12,800.
According to international media reports, Tang Sie Luk admitted to deliberately creating highly provocative material and uploading it on social media with the intention of hurting sentiments, under Malaysia’s Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.
The reports stated that Judge Zaleena Safi also sentenced Tang Sie Luk to four months in prison if the fine was not paid.
According to the report, Tang Sie Luk paid the fine immediately after the court’s decision was announced.
The report added that Tang Sie Luk expressed regret for his actions and apologised after the court imposed the fine.
A photograph of a distressed child sleeping on his mother’s grave in memory of her has broken hearts.
It is worth noting that Tang Sie Luk shared a video on the Chinese social media platform Douyin on 3 August 2025, which went viral, and the Malaysian social media influencer faced severe criticism for the video.
In the viral video, three boys can be heard saying that throwing away chicken bones would waste them.
After eating the chicken, the boys put the chicken bones into rice, packed it, and gave it to a homeless person to eat.
