Man pleads guilty to insulting late Kedah Sultan online


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 27 Sep 2017

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PETALING JAYA: The 40-year-old man who insulted the late Kedah Sultan Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah in an online post after his passing has pleaded guilty.

Sheikh Noor Affandi pleaded guilty at the Kuala Lumpur Cyber Courts on Wednesday.

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