Man gets nine months' jail for insulting Islam


ALOR GAJAH: A 41-year-old unemployed man has been sentenced to nine months' jail by the Magistrate's Court here after pleading guilty to insulting Islam by desecrating a Quran.

Magistrate Dr Teoh Shu Yee on Thursday (March 19) imposed the sentence on Amir Abdul Malik, who was charged under Section 295 of the Penal Code, after taking into account religious sensitivities as the offence was committed during the holy month of Ramadan.

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