{
  "id": 14895319,
  "title": "Mahkamah tangguh keputusan rayuan hina mahkamah Wan Azri",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/mahkamah-tangguh-keputusan-rayuan-hina-mahkamah-wan-azri",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T06:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/10/16/mahkamah-tangguh-keputusan-rayuan-hina-mahkamah-wan-azri"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mahkamah Tinggi recently sentenced Wan Azri Wan Deris to 30 days in prison for insulting the court following his appeal to apologize to former Chief Police Officer Razarudin Husain. In a move to quash the decision, the Mahkamah Rayuan has delayed its ruling pending the appeal from the blogger. The presiding judge, Hakim Azizul Azmi Adnan, stated that the case's management would occur on October 29 to determine the date of the ruling. Earlier, Wan Azri's lawyer, Rafique Rashid Ali, argued that he had complied with the court's orders when he read the apology on various platforms, including TikTok, YouTube, X, and Telegram, over a period of seven days. He also mentioned that Wan Azri paid a RM5,000 fine and that the apology received widespread media coverage. \"Our position is that he did not insult the court,\" Rafique stated, supported by Amirul Ar Rasyid Azam. They also requested the court to replace the imprisonment with a fine, arguing that incarceration would undermine Wan Azri's freedom of expression. However, attorney Raam Kumar, representing Razarudin, requested the court to dismiss the appeal and uphold the two insulting the court orders issued by the High Court on August 27, 2025. Raam claimed that Wan Azri did not sincerely comply with the apology request and the second video he posted the following day denied that he had apologized to Razarudin. Raam also argued that Wan Azri could not prove his claim that his social media account was hacked, and did not show any remorse. Raam, supported by KB Tan and Norleena Jamal, said the imprisonment was justified and there was no reason for the Mahkamah Rayuan to interfere. They added that the court also has the power to increase the sentence under Section 69(4) of the Courts of Justice Act 1964, even without a counter-appeal based on the imprisonment. On August 27 last year, High Court judge Gan Techiong sentenced Wan Azri to 15 days in prison for failing to comply with an apology order, and an additional 15 days for a follow-up video showing he did not repent. Both sentences were ordered to run consecutively. Gan stated that the apology video posted on April 30 with the P Ramlee song, \"Maafkan Kami,\" could not be accepted as it made the apology appear like entertainment. Razarudin filed a defamation lawsuit of RM3 million against Wan Azri on December 27, 2024, claiming that Wan Azri's statement was defamatory to him and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. On January 10, 2025, Razarudin obtained an injunction prohibiting Wan Azri or his representatives from publishing or distributing defamatory statements about him on social media until the lawsuit was resolved. The High Court then allowed the application to start contempt proceedings for the breach of the injunction. On April 30, just before the contempt proceedings began, Wan Azri read a statement expressing his regret without conditions, referring to Razarudin's insulting in a social media post on January 14, in addition to posting a doctored photo of the former KPN Chief. He also promised to read the apology on four social media platforms and maintain it for at least seven days.",
  "summary": "Blogger itu mendakwa sudah mematuhi perintah memohon maaf, namun peguam bekas KPN berkata permohonan maaf berkenaan tidak ikhlas dan hukuman penjara 30 hari wajar dikekalkan.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Mahkamah tangguh keputusan rayuan hina mahkamah Wan Azri",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/mahkamah-tangguh-keputusan-rayuan-hina-mahkamah-wan-azri-14900316",
        "published": "2026-10-16T06:45:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}