Politician David Orok sentenced to 16 months' jail for insulting Islam


KOTA KINABALU: A politician was jailed 16 months after changing his plea and admitting to sedition for insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in a Facebook posting.

Kota Kinabalu Hight Court Deputy Registrar Zairi Zainal Abidin, who sat as Sessions Court Judge, ordered the jail term against 50-year-old David Orok to run from Tuesday after dismissing his application for a stay of execution on the sentence.

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