00:01former sabah chief minister datuk seri muhammad shafi abdal has been sentenced to five weeks jail
00:07for contempt of court sessions court judge amir shah amir hassan handed down the verdict on
00:13wednesday ordering it to take effect immediately after convicting the samporna mp of the offense
00:18the judge however granted shafi's application for a stay of execution pending his appeal to the high
00:24court the party warisan president was issued a show cause letter on september 22nd last year
00:30over remarks he made at the jelaja inspirasi dssap 187 kinabatangan event where he allegedly questioned
00:38the lengthy duration of the inquest into the death of 13 year old zara kairina mahadir the inquest into
00:44zara kairina's death is ongoing with proceedings set to conclude on october 23rd sabah speaker datuk
00:50siri kadzim m yahya told sinar haryan that the five-week jail sentence does not affect shafi's
00:56position as samporna assemblyman as long as the punishment involves only imprisonment with no
01:02other implications he added that since the case remains under appeal at the high court
01:06shafi's position stays status quo for now with no impact from the sentence at this stage
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