Court acquits 17 charged over Seafield temple riot
The court has acquitted 17 men charged in connection with the 2018 riots at the Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Subang Jaya. A fireman died as a result of the rioting. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 27, 2023.
SEVENTEEN men charged with rioting at the Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Subang Jaya in 2018 were acquitted today by the Petaling Jaya Magistrates’ Court/ Magistrate Iskandar Zainol ruled that the prosecution had failed to provide prima facie evidence for the charges levelled against the 17 men.
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