Latheefa Koya says the proportionate' jail term should be reviewed as it breaches the rule of law.
Her criticism comes following a statement issued by the inspector-general of police Mohamad Fuzi Harun today informing of the sentence.slapped with multiple charges in Kuching and Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
The former had pleaded guilty to 10 charges under Section 298A of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, which deals with the posting of offensive comments and causing disharmony and prejudice on religious grounds. The Kuching Sessions Court ordered that the sentences for each charge be carried out consecutively, resulting in an accumulative jail term of 10 years and 10 months.
Prior to this, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mujahid Yusof Rawa had recently announced the formation of a“I have instructed the unit to accept any complaints about insults towards the Prophet and Islam, and to immediately report them to the police and the Communications and Multimedia Commission,” theThe formation of the special unit came in the wake of a slew of arrests against individuals suspected of insulting Islam online, with police reportedly conductingTo post or ‘like’...
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