Rafizi sentenced to 18 months’ jail, might lose MP seat
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Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli (center) was sentenced to 18 months’ jail today. ― Picture by Saw Siow Feng
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5 h4 K& K8 C% T0 ~! S% i2 X: Q/ _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbKUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 — Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli stands to lose his parliamentary seat after he was sentenced to 18 months’ jail today for breaching the Official Secrets Act (OSA) 1972 by disclosing part of the Auditor General’s Report on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).公仔箱論壇( y" K$ u( a2 _7 [& y* ~
Sessions Court judge Zulqarnain Hassan imposed the jail sentence on the PKR lawmaker after finding him guilty on two charges of possessing and disclosing an OSA document in Parliament on March 24 and March 28 this year.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; A9 Z: T0 V6 `/ i1 l4 w; m) z8 |
However, the court granted a stay of execution pending an appeal in the High Court.6 O5 Y2 Y3 Z- |; t+ Q* D: @
Though the 18-month term was handed separately for each offence, they will be served concurrently. |