KUALA LUMPUR: Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah was sentenced to seven days in jail by the Syariah High Court for committing contempt of court in her criticism of the court’s decision to impose a jail term on a businessman’s former wife.
In finding her guilty yesterday, Syariah High Court judge Mohamed Fouzi Mokhtar said the article published by Maria as the respondent on Sept 5, 2019, relating to the case of businessman Datuk Wira SM Faisal SM Nasimuddin and his ex-wife Emilia Hanafi had belittled, demeaned and insulted the Syariah Court.
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