Court orders psych test for Facebook user jailed 10 years for insulting Islam
Alister Cogia seen at the Kuching Court Complex today handcuffed to a prison warden after the hearing of his application to be referred to the Kota Sentosa psychiatric hospital for evaluation. The court has ordered Cogia to undergo psychiatric evaluation after lawyers argued that he has mental issues. – The Malaysian Insight pic, March 13, 2019.
THE 22-year-old youth sentenced to 10 years’ jail and a RM50,000 fine for insulting Islam on Facebook has been ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation by the Kuching High Court. Judge Azahari Kamal Ramli today ordered Alister Cogia to undergo a month of evaluation at the Kota Sentosa hospital after his lawyers argued that their client has a psychiatric problem.
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