Appeals court dismisses NGO head's bid for private prosecution against preachers


PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has dismissed a final appeal by Global Human Rights Federation (GHRF) president S. Shashi Kumar to initiate private prosecution against preachers Muhammad Zamri Vinoth Kalimuthu and Firdaus Wong Wan Hung for allegedly insulting the beliefs and religious practices of non-Muslims.

In a unanimous decision on Tuesday (Dec 17), Justice Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, leading a three-member panel, said Shashi failed to convince the panel that an error had been committed by Shah Alam High Court Judicial Commissioner Dr Wendy Ooi Su Ghee and Magistrate Mohamad Redza Azhar Rezali in the case.

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