Comedienne pleads guilty to alternative charge

STAND-up comedian Siti Nuramira Abdullah pleaded guilty to alternative charges of uttering words with intention to hurt others’ religious feelings at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court this morning. 

She was previously charged with insulting Islam under section 298A of the penal code for causing disharmony, disunity, or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill will, or prejudicing the maintenance of harmony or unity, on grounds of religion.