KUALA LUMPUR: An Ampang magistrate's court here has discharged and acquitted a Datuk Seri accused of assaulting two Rela members in 2017 after he paid a RM2,000 compound to each victim.
Magistrate Mohamad Firdaus Sadina Ali made the order for acquittal after being informed by lawyer Datuk Seri Rajpal Singh, who represented the accused Datuk Seri Liow Soon Hee, that the victims had agreed to settle the case through compound payment under Section 260 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
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