Court acquits Azmi Sharom of sedition charge


KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court has acquitted and discharged Universiti Malaya law lecturer Associate Professor Dr Azmi Sharom of a sedition charge over an online article published in 2014.

DPP Ezrene Zakariah initially requested the court Friday that Azmi be given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal.

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