High Court sets aside Rewcastle Brown’s conviction for defaming sultanah
The Kuala Terengganu High Court today set aside the conviction and two-year jail term imposed on Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle Brown after she was found guilty of criminally defaming Terengganu’s Sultanah Nur Zahirah.
Justice Radzi Harun today ruled that the conviction was invalid as the accused must be presented in court when facing criminal charges. He added that the case must be retried.
He said the court had erred in applying Section 425A of the Criminal Procedure Code, which allows a criminal trial to proceed in the absence of the accused, Buletin TV3 reported.
Radzi took into account the failure to serve the arrest warrant on Rewcastle Brown, who is in the United Kingdom, and noted that Malaysia has no formal extradition treaty with the United Kingdom.
Rewcastle Brown was…
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