Zunar’s Constitutional Challenge Court Date Set For January

The great Malaysian cartoonist and free-speech target Zunar sent out a short in-text press notice earlier this week, noting that:

"Zunar's case (together with another two lawyers) to challenge the constitutionality of The Sedition Act is now fixed for trial on 24 Jan 2017. Depending on the outcome, the trial on nine charges of Sedition charges on him will follows."

If that comes off, and the number of delays thus far makes that a dubious suggestion, it will either end a particularly pernicious legal strand of the harassment he has experienced in this lengthy war with police official, or it will bring that whole thread forward so that there can be some resolution.

As always, this site would like to emphasize that the harassment Zunar has experienced is idiotic and shameful. It should not only be retracted by the agents pursuing the cartoonist should be punished. If only the strong-arm aspects of the world might have diminished even further since this whole ordeal started, rather than given life and hope. All respect to Zunar for the fighting he's done and will continue to do.
 
posted 3:35 pm PST | Permalink
 

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