Court should not use powers of contempt to jail blogger


Lawyers for Liberty criticised a High Court visualisation which sentenced a blogger to three months seizure for disregard of court.
PETALING JAYA: Lawyers group, Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) pronounced a preference to incarcerate a blogger reinforces a public notice which justice is usually meant for a rich, absolute as good as good connected.
"In this case, a justice has unsuccessful to rage justice with forgiveness as good as has acted in a harsh as good as disproportionate demeanour a preference which unfortunately can usually reinforce public notice which "justice" is usually for a rich, absolute as good as good connected," pronounced LFL .
It additionally wants a High Court to recur a circumstances which led to blogger Amizuddin Mamat behaving in disregard of justice which resulted in a latter being imprisoned.
"The justice in sportive a discretionary power to cite a blogger for disregard of justice has unsuccessful to demeanour into a wider circumstances as good as context a articles were published," pronounced a organisation in a press statement.
Yesterday High Court judge, Zabariah Mohd Yusof sentenced blogger Amizuddin Mamat to three months seizure after anticipating him guilty of disregard of court.
The judge had previously taboo Amizuddin from publishing articles defaming Information Communication as good as Culture Minister, Rais Yatim on a alleged rape of an Indonesian made at home worker by Rais.
Amizuddin defied a breach by publishing eleven articles about Rais.
In mitigation LFL additionally put forth a points in defence of Amizuddin.
"The blogger ha! d contin ued to publish a articles in sequence to display a grave misapplication as good as crime which had allegedly been perpetrated, which remained not properly investigated notwithstanding being widely reported in a region.
"Further, a blogger has given deleted all a articles as good as apologised to a court," pronounced a NGO.
Hence, it has called on a courts to ensure a grace by a dignified strength instead of powers of contempt.
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