Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh has claimed trial to a charge of spreading fake news using her Facebook page.

The former deputy minister pleaded not guilty after a court interpreter read out the charges to her before magistrate R Salini at the Johor Bahru magistrate court.

She is accused of committing the offence at Taman Imigresen on April 9 when she is said to have shared a statement that could cause fear or alarm to the public.