PKR member guilty of insulting Agong

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Sessions court judge MM Edwin Paramjothy adjourns sentencing to Jan 23.     Read More:    https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/12/30/pkr-member-guilty-of-insulting-agong/        Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.        Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com   Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5   Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM   Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW    Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h   Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp   Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG    Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX   Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb   Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj   Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Download FMT News App:   Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46   App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ   Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP      #FMTNews  #IswardyMorni #Guilty #Insulting

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00:00PKR member Iswardi Morni has been convicted of sedition for insulting the young Libertuan

00:07Agong three years ago.

00:09Sessions Court Judge M M Edwin Paramjyoti said Iswardi had failed to raise a reasonable

00:14doubt to the prosecution's case against him.

00:17However, Paramjyoti adjourned the case to January 23rd for the prosecution and defence

00:22to submit on mitigation and sentencing.

00:25On October 24th, the judge ruled the prosecution had established a prima facie case after calling

00:31nine witnesses.

00:32Iswardi appeared as the sole witness in his defence.

00:35On June 1st, 2021, Iswardi was charged under Section 4, Sub 1A of the Sedition Act, 1948

00:42for statements made on Facebook deemed to be seditious and insulting towards the King.

00:47The government at the time was led by Bukatan Nasional with Muhyiddin Yassin as Prime Minister.

00:53Iswardi faces a fine of up to RM5,000 and imprisonment for up to three years.

00:58Natasha Biest, FMT News.

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