Sedition trial: Karpal ready to battle prosecution’s appeal
By Athi Shankar, Free Malaysia Today
GEORGE TOWN: DAP national chairman Karpal Singh is determined to go all out to defend himself at the hearing of the prosecution’s appeal against his acquittal from sedition charge.
Solicitor-General Idrus Harun has filed an appeal last week against the High Court decision on June 11 to acquit Karpal Singh from a sedition charge.
Deliberating on the appeal, Karpal conceded that it was within the prosecution’s right to appeal against the decision made by High Court Judge Azman Abdullah.
However, he insisted that he was unperturbed by the appeal.
“I will defend myself with all might and power at my command in the hearing (of the appeal),” he said in a statement today.
In delivering his five and half pages of judgment, Judge Azman ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove its sedition case against Karpal under Section 3(1) of the Sedition Act 1948.
He said the prosecution had failed to prove any ingredients, which could lead to the tendency to incite, hatred, insult, or disloyalty to the Ruler.
