Fahmi Reza acquitted over Najib clown sketch


KUALA LUMPUR: A Sessions Court here has acquitted graphic designer Fahmi Reza over a charge under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 involving a clown sketch of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Sessions Court judge Zamri Bakar made the decision after DPP Noor Jazilah Mohd Yushaa informed the court that the Attorney General’s Chambers had agreed to withdraw the charge against Fahmi.

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