Zunar, Surendran and Sivarasa acquitted and discharged of all sedition charges


KUALA LUMPUR: Cartoonist Zunar whose real name is Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, lawyer N. Surendran and Sungai Buloh MP R. Sivarasa have been acquitted and discharged of all charges under the Sedition Act.

Zunar, 56, and Surendran, 52, were freed by Sessions Court judge Zamri Bakar while Sivarasa, 62, was acquitted by judge Dr Gan Chee Keong in another Sessions Court after the prosecution withdrew charges against them on Monday (July 30).

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