MAY 2 — A day after he was charged in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court, Bersatu information committee member Badrul Hisham Shaharin, better known as Chegubard, claimed trial at the Johor Baru Sessions Court to a charge of making seditious remarks against His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia.
He was charged under paragraph of Section 4 of the Sedition Act 1948 . If convicted, he faces a sentence of a fine not exceeding RM5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both for a first offence. By Section 3 of the Act, seditious tendency includes bringing into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against any Ruler or against any Government — paragraph .
This is in accordance with Section 163 of the Criminal Procedure Code which mandates that there shall be separate charges for distinct offences. Seditious remarks against the King and seditious remarks against the Government are distinct offences under the law.
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