Eight men, including Gadek assemblyperson G Saminathan, were today acquitted and discharged in separate high courts in Kuala Lumpur today on charges related to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam te
rrorist group.
Earlier, deputy public prosecutors Mohd Farhan Aliff Ahmad, Muhammad Asyraf Minhad, Mohd Izhanudin Alias and Mohamad Nuzul Azuar Zulkifli asked the court to discontinue the proceedings on the grounds that there was no prospect to reinstate the same charges against the accused. The charge, under Section 130J of the Penal Code, carries a maximum jail term of 30 years, or a fine, and forfeiture of any property used or intended to be used for the offence, upon conviction., Arivainthan, Chandru and Kalaimughilan, were also charged with giving support to LTTE by attending the group's related event in Malacca, Perak and Kuala Lumpur between 2014 and 2018.
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