Review case of disabled man jailed for attempted suicide, urges Hakam


PETALING JAYA: The National Human Rights Society (Hakam) has urged the Attorney General's Chambers to review the case of a disabled man who was jailed for attempted suicide.

Its secretary-general Lim Wei Jiet said the Kuala Terengganu Magistrate Court’s recent conviction and sentencing of the man to a seven months' jail term should not have been instituted in the first place.

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