Zunar sedition case withdrawn


Political cartoonist Zunar 54George Cheah / The Star / 27 Nov 2016

KUALA LUMPUR: Cartoonist Zunar (pic), counsel N. Surendran and Sungai Buloh MP R. Sivarasa have been acquitted and discharged by two Sessions Courts here of charges under the Sedition Act.

Zunar, 56, and Surendran, 52, were freed by judge Zamri Bakar while Sivarasa, 62, was acquitted by judge Dr Gan Chee Keong after the prosecution withdrew the charges against them yesterday.

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