Law professor Azmi Sharom’s sedition charge — over his remarks on the Selangor mentri bear crisis — has been dropped.
According to a report by the Malay Mail Online, the Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohd Apandi Ali said he was discontinuing the prosecution against the Universiti Malaya professor.
“In the interests of justice, and after reviewing the testimony of all witnesses who have appeared in court, I, as Attorney-General under Article 145(3) of the Federal Constitution, use my discretion to discontinue the prosecution against Azmi Sharom for the charge under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948,” Apandi was quoted as saying in a statement released today.
This move, Apandi said, was similar to a previous decision to drop a sedition charge against Opposition MP Theresa Kok.
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Azmi had been hauled to court on September 2, 2014 for his remarks in a news report the same year, headlined “Take Perak crisis route for speedy end to Selangor impasse, Pakatan told”.
