Order to seize CDs from Sarawakian clerk was bad in law, declares court


PUTRAJAYA: Senior Customs officer Suzanah Muin overstepped her authority when she ordered the seizure of CDs containing the word “Allah” from a Sarawakian clerk, the Court of Appeal ruled.

The court also unanimously ordered for the CDs to be returned to Jill Ireland Lawrence Bill, 34, within a month and for her arguments on her constitutional rights to be heard at a High Court.

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