GEORGE TOWN: The lawyer of Nepalese Nirmala Thapa who was sentenced to a year’s jail over an abortion case is filing papers to quash her conviction and sentence.
Nirmala’s counsel Cecil Rajendra said that according to the charge sheet, his 24-year-old client was not charged and sentenced for “undergoing” or “procuring” an abortion, but for “performing” an abortion.
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