PETALING JAYA: A former editor-in-chief of The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd was acquitted and discharged on one of two counts of defaming a Datuk and four companies, in two articles published by The Edge Malaysia weekly.
Magistrate Zhafran Rahim Hamzah acquitted and discharged Ahmad Azam Mohd Aris, 61, after deputy public prosecutor Siti Maryam Jamilah Md Kamal informed the court that the prosecution had received instructions from the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) to withdraw the case.
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