PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has fixed April 7 to hear an application by independent speaker Wan Ji Wan Hussin to refer constitutional issues involving the Sedition Act to the Federal Court.
Lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo, representing Wan Ji, confirmed the date when contacted by reporters on Tuesday .In July 2019, Wan Ji was sentenced to one year in prison by the Shah Alam High Court for making remarks that were found to be seditious against the Sultan of Selangor in Facebook posts in 2012.
He was initially sentenced to nine months in jail by the Sessions Court in April 2018, but it was extended to one year by the Shah Alam High Court when it denied Wan Ji’s appeal against his conviction and sentence.
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