AGC to appeal against Papagomo’s sedition acquittal
The Attorney-General's Chambers says the blogger admitted labelling the government as 'pro-Israel and pro-West', but his defence was a bare denial that the statement was seditious.
On October 19, social media blogger Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, also known as Papagomo, was acquitted and discharged by the Klang Sessions Court of a sedition charge. The decision came after the prosecution failed to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. Papagomo's lawyer, Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali, told Bernama that the court found reasonable doubt had been successfully raised by the defense during the trial.
He was the only witness for the defense, while Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohamad Mustaffa P. Kunyalam handled the prosecution. The Kuala Lumpur High Court had ordered Papagomo to enter his defense on September 3, reversing a previous acquittal from September 2023. In January 2024, he pleaded not guilty to the charge of making seditious remarks on Facebook, accusing the government of being pro-Israel and pro-Western.
The sedition charge under Section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act 1948 carries a maximum penalty of three years in jail, a RM5,000 fine, or both upon conviction.
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