Woman who faked royal marriage cert facing arrest for skipping court case

New Straits Times

22-05-2025

KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court today issued a warrant of arrest for a woman who failed to appear to face charges of uploading a falsified marriage certificate of her and a member of a royal family on TikTok.
The warrant was issued by judge Norma Ismail after she granted an application by deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Amir Hanif Ahijman.
Amir Haniff said he was informed by the case's investigating officer that the person to be charged, named Persana Avril Sollunda, 43, was not present in court despite having been notified to attend.
"The investigating officer had applied for a summons for court attendance from the Kuala Lumpur magistrate's court against Persana compelling her to attend court today to answer the charges.
"Persana had personally received the summons on April 29.
"Despite this, she did not attend court today, so I am requesting the issuance of an arrest warrant," he said.
Norma set June 19 for mention of the arrest warrant.
The summons, which compelled Persana to appear at the Sessions Court today, was issued by the magistrate's court on April 22.
The summons, sighted by the New Straits Times, showed Persana has an address in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, and she had put down her name, MyKad number, signature and the April 29 date on the document as acknowledgement.
Sources said Persana faces charges under Section 233(1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act for using a communication service of false nature by uploading a falsified marriage certificate with the intention to annoy others on a TikTok account in February this year.
The posting was read by investigators at the Cyber Crime and Multimedia Investigation Division at Bukit Aman's Commercial Crime Investigation Department.
In March, Persana was detained for questioning by investigators from the Kota Kinabalu police headquarters Criminal Investigation Department but was released after.