Seremban Jaya DAP rep freed of LTTE charges


KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here acquitted and discharged Seremban Jaya assemblyman P. Gunasekaren on two charges of supporting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Judges Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin and Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali made the ruling after deputy public prosecutor Suffian Jaafar informed the court that the prosecution had received instruction from the Attorney General’s Chamber to discontinue proceedings against the accused.Lawyer Ramkarpal Singh who is representing Gunasekaren asked the court to acquit and discharge him on the grounds the prosecution had no intention of pursuing the case.Gunasekaren, 61, was charged with giving support to the terrorist group by using a Facebook account “DAP Guna Palainisamy” at the Investigating Officers’ office of

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