GEORGE TOWN: The High Court here has allowed a former city councillor's appeal against his 2019 conviction and sentencing on a molest charge.
Judicial Commissioner Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid set aside the molest conviction of L. Prem Anand after finding that a Magistrate's Court made a serious error in calling for his defence, as the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against him.
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