A man has filed a criminal revision application to quash his conviction as well as one-month jail sentence and RM3,000 fine over the display of a photo of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong during the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election campaign.
When contacted this afternoon, P Ramasamy’s lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan confirmed that the bid was filed earlier this month, and is set to come up for hearing before the Shah Alam High Court this Thursday.
“We are going on the basis that our client’s guilty plea was qualified rather than non-qualified, hence the conviction was invalid,” the lawyer told Malaysiakini.
He added that judge Wendy Ooi Su Ghee would hear the revision application.
On May 6, the Kuala Kubu Baharu’s Magistrate’s Court sentenced Ramasamy to one month in jail and RM3,000 fine.
Magistrate Siti Fatimah Talib handed down the sentence following the 66-year-old’s guilty plea when charged in court.
Sensitive issue
The lower court ordered the self-employed man to serve the custodial sentence from the date of his arrest on May 4, further ordering him to serve an additional 10 months in jail if he failed to pay the fine.
Ramasamy was accused of committing the act via a four-wheel drive around Taman Bukit Bunga near Hulu Selangor at 5.40pm on May 4.
The charge was framed under Section 4(A)1 of the Election Offences Act 1954 for malicious intent, which provides a jail term of not more than five years, a fine of not exceeding RM10,000, or both.
Deputy public prosecutor Asmah Che Wan prosecuted while the accused was unrepresented during the lower court proceedings.
Ramasamy had apologised to the court and pleaded for a lighter sentence, stating that he was unaware that his actions were wrong.
Asmah sought for the court to impose an appropriate punishment, as the offence involved disrespecting and insulting the Agong, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, which is a sensitive issue that could invoke anger among Malaysians. - Mkini
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