Former student activist’s fine for staging protest during convocation increased to RM10,000


KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here on Tuesday increased RM10,000 from the RM5,000 fine imposed by a Magistrate against a former president of Universiti Malaya Association of New Youth (UMANY) for insulting the university’s vice-chancellor by staging a protest during a convocation ceremony in 2019.

Judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin made the order after allowing the prosecution's cross-appeal against the RM5,000 fine imposed on Wong Yan Ke by the Magistrate's Court here on October 9, 2023. 

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