Karpal acquitted of sedition charge
(The Malaysian Insider) – DAP chairman Karpal Singh was cleared of sedition today without his defence being called.
The Bukit Gelugor MP was charged with sedition last year for saying the Sultan of Perak could be taken to court over the removal of Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin as the mentri besar.
The High Court here found the prosecution had failed to prove it had a case against him.
In his decision today, judge Azman Abdullah noted that the news reporters, key witnesses and police involved did not understand English and the meaning of sedition.
