Tun Faisal: Why was fine against Bersatu leader heftier than paedophiles?
He compared this with fines given to those who committed what he called more serious offences, such as four men found with more than 50,000 files of child sexual abuse material, who were slapped with RM3,000 and RM6,000 fines.
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