High Court sets aside gag order on 'Mentega Terbang' producer

 

The Kuala Lumpur High Court today set aside a gag order issued against Tan Meng Kheng, the producer of the “Mentega Terbang” film.

The court this morning heard the revision application filed by Tan (above) against the gag order issued by the magistrate on Jan 17.

Tan was represented by N Surendran, Zaid Malek and Nabila Khairuddin. They said that after hearing both parties, the High Court decided to set aside the gag order.

The decision was made on the following grounds of judgment:

“The respondents failed to satisfy that there is a real and substantial risk to the fairness of the trial. The proceedings before the magistrate did not disclose any obvious or imminent threat to the fairness of the trial.

“There is no material before the court to show that there is real and substantial risk to the fairness of the trial.

“Therefore, the gag order issued by the magistrate was not proper and the gag order is hereby set aside.”

The hearing was conducted before judge Mohd Jamil Hussin.

Tan and “Mentega Terbang” director Mohd Khairianwar Jailani have claimed trial to a charge of hurting the religious feelings of other people, via their involvement in the making of the controversial movie. - Mkini