Adam Adli found guilty, jailed for 12 months
Syafique Shuib
September 19, 2014 12:36 MYT
September 19, 2014 12:36 MYT
Student activist was found guilty for giving a seditious during a talk held at the Kuala Lumpur Chinese Assembly Hall on May 13. - Photo by Astro AWANI/Syaffique Shuib
Student activist Adam Adli Abd Halim was found guilty today at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for a speech containing seditious slurs in Kuala Lumpur in May, 2013.
His lawyers, N Surendran and Latheefa Koya plead for him to be fined rather than to be imprisoned. The prosecutors requested for a “reasonable and fair sentence”.
During the hearing, Adam was found to have tweeted, “guilty”
Among his initial reactions, the 25-year-old had expressed is that the "difference in opinions is now a crime in the eyes of the prosecution."
Adam was charged for seditious speech in a talk where he instigated the society to rise and overthrow the ruling government who were lawfully elected by unlawful means.
He was found to have committed the offense at the Kuala Lumpur Chinese Assembly Hall on 13 May.
The accused was charged under Section 4 (1) (b) of the Sedition Act 1948 (Act 15).