Lia Meyer‚ 19‚ denied sending the tweet and claimed her Twitter account had been deliberately hacked by whoever posted it. She said she was living in fear after Mhlongo asked his Twitter followers to “hunt Lia down”.
A student whose Twitter account was used to aim a racist and homophobic tweet at “Idols SA” judge and radio personality Somizi Mhlongo says she fears for her life.
Meyer went to Caledon Square police station on Saturday to lay a charge against the hacker.
She told TimesLIVE in a statement that she had asked police to investigate a breach of section 86 (1) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act‚ which says: “A person who intentionally accesses or intercepts any data‚ without authority or permission to do‚ is guilty of an offence.”