17 men linked to Seafield temple riot freed

PETALING JAYA: Seventeen men have been acquitted by a Magistrate's Court here over the riot at the Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Subang Jaya five years ago.

Magistrate Muhammad Iskandar Zainol made the order of discharge and acquittal at the end of the prosecution's case after finding that the prosecution had failed to prove the elements of the charge against the group.