Papagomo jailed 30 days for contempt of court

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Blogger Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, also known as Papagomo, has been sentenced by the High Court to 30 days’ jail for contempt of court in a defamation suit filed by former inspector-general of police (IGP) Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/373rjsbk  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Blogger Wan Muhammad Azriwan Deris, also known as Papagomo, was sentenced by the Kuala

00:07Lumpur High Court to 30 days jail for contempt of court in a defamation suit filed by former

00:14Inspector General of Police Tanshri Razarudin Hussein.

00:18Judicial Commissioner Gantek Cheong delivered the sentence on Wednesday after hearing submissions

00:23from both parties in the committal proceedings brought by Razarudin, who argued that Wan

00:29Muhammad Azri was insincere in his apology to the former top cop.

00:34The court sentenced Wan Muhammad Azri to 15 days in jail for the first breach of the injunction

00:38earlier this year and another 15 days for a second breach in May.

00:43The court ordered the sentences to run consecutively, meaning the blogger will serve a total of 30

00:48days in prison.

00:49However, the court granted a stay of execution pending his appeal.

00:54The court also ordered Wan Muhammad Azri to pay RM30,000 in costs to Razarudin within three

01:00to four days.

01:02The case is related to a RM3 million lawsuit filed by Razarudin against Wan Muhammad Azri over

01:08alleged defamation, whereby the alleged defamatory remarks also mentioned Prime Minister Datuk

01:15Shri Anwar Ibrahim.

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