: The Attorney-General's Chambers has filed an appeal against the High Court's decision in allowing Petaling Jaya Member of Parliament Maria Chin AbdullahThe contempt proceedings was brought against Maria for her criticism of the Syariah High Court's decision in imposing a jail term on Emilia Hanafi, who is the former wife of businessman Datuk SM Faisal SM Nasimuddin.
The application to initiate the committal proceedings was filed by SM Faisal following Maria’s comment which questioned the court’s decision in imposing a seven-day jail sentence on his ex-wife, Emilia Hanafi, for rescheduling the visitation rights given to him on her own. Maria, 65, filed the application on March 3 last year, naming Minister in the Prime Minister's Department at that time Datuk Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri; Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council and Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Syariah Judiciary Department as the first to third respondents.
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