KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) will file a notice of appeal against the Sessions Court's decision to acquit and discharge blogger Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris (pic), also known as Papagomo, of a sedition charge.
In a statement on Monday (Oct 19), the AGC said the decision was made after examining the ruling of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court sitting in the Klang Sessions Court on Monday, which acquitted and discharged Wan Muhammad Azri, 43, at the close of the defence case for a charge under Section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act 1948.
"After examining the decision of the Sessions Court Judge, this department has decided to file a notice of appeal against the acquittal and discharge in the near future," the AGC said in a statement on Monday.
According to the AGC, the prosecution had previously appealed against a decision by the same court on Sept 3, 2025, which had acquitted and discharged the accused at the close of the prosecution's case.
The AGC stated that the appeal against that decision was filed at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Sept 4, 2025, before the court allowed the public prosecutor's appeal on July 31, 2025, and ordered the accused to enter his defence after finding that the prosecution had successfully proven a prima facie case.
"The accused presented his defence by giving sworn testimony in the same Sessions Court. The accused, who was the sole defence witness, admitted to issuing seditious statements as charged and merely presented a defence in the form of a denial," the AGC said in the statement.
Earlier, Judge Siti Aminah Ghazali acquitted and discharged Wan Muhammad Azri after finding that the defence had successfully raised reasonable doubt at the close of the defence case.
On Jan 8, 2024, the man pleaded not guilty to a charge of uttering seditious remarks on Facebook linking the government to being pro-Israel and pro-West.
The charge was framed under Section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act 1948, which carries a maximum penalty of three years in imprisonment or a fine of RM5,000, or both, upon conviction. – Bernama
