Celebrity preacher Da'i Syed gets 10 years' jail, caning for rape


SHAH ALAM: Celebrity preacher Da'i Syed, whose real name is Syed Shah Iqmal Syed Mohd Shaiful, broke down in tears in the dock at the Sessions Court here when he was found guilty of rape.

On Friday (Aug 30), Sessions judge Norazlin Othman sentenced Syed Shah Iqmal, 29, to 10 years' jail and three strokes of the cane for raping a woman five years ago.

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