KUALA LUMPUR: Berjaya Books store manager Nik Raina Nik Abdul Aziz (pix), who was charged with disseminating and distributing Irshad Manji’s controversial book, was granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal by the KL Syariah High Court on Thursday.
Nik Raina, 39, was arrested on May 30, 2012, and was charged under Section 13 of the Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997 for the offence of "disseminating and distributing" by way of selling the books deemed contrary to Islamic law.
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