KUALA LUMPUR: Human rights lawyer Eric Paulsen and Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) central committee member S. Arutchelvan were acquitted and discharged by a Sessions Court here of committing an offence under the Sedition Act 1948.
Judge Edwin Paramjothy Michael Muniandy made the order after Deputy Public Prosecutor Norinna Bahadun informed the court that the prosecution would like to withdraw the charges against the two.
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