Mat Sabu could be jailed for up to dual years if convicted. File pic
The justice set bail during RM15,000.
If found guilty of a offence underneath Section 500 of a Penal Code, a PAS personality face up to dual years jail and/or a fine.
Mohamad, who is popularly well known as Mat Sabu, was alleged to have defamed policemen as well as soldiers who shielded a Bukit Kepong military hire in a 1950 conflict by communists.
The maverick politician additionally faces an pick assign of shaming family members of a policemen as well as soldiers.
Mohamad had additionally surrendered himself to military during 8.30pm final night as well as was expelled on military bail half an hour later.
Umno's Utusan Malaysia had first accused a maverick politician of glorifying Ahmad Indera in an Aug 27 report which quoted Mohamad as observant which a comrade personality was a true hero.
Twenty-five policemen were killed in a conflict on a Bukit Kepong military hire in 1950.
The daily as well as Malay hardliners in Umno have regularly called for Mohamad to be charged over a comment with a little even insisting which a PAS personality be nude of his citizenship.
Mohamad denies glorifying communists, observant he never mentioned "communism" in his speech.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced a raft of reforms final week to give Malaysians some-more leisure but Mohamad's prosecution might spark fears of a crackdown opposite dissent.
The assign of rapist insult was additionally used in 2008 opposite argumentative blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin who claimed which Najib as well as his mother were involved in a murder of Mongolian lady Altantuya Shariibuu.
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