KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here Friday sentenced activist Hishamuddin Md Rais to nine months in jail for making a seditious speech at a public forum on May 13, 2013.
Judicial commissioner Datuk Nordin Hassan made the ruling after allowing the prosecution's appeal for Hishamuddin's punishment to be enhanced from the RM5,000 fine imposed by the Sessions Court on Jan 9 last year.
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