The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today slapped a RM5,000 fine o­n Harakah editor Zulkifli Sulong for publishing a seditious article four years ago regarding the trial of ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim.

Sessions judge Rosenani Abdul Rahman imposed the fine stating it was an appropriate sentence after considering the facts of the case and the mitigation forwarded by the defendant's lawyer Zamani Ibrahim.

In delivering her summary judgment earlier, Rosenani ruled that the court was satisfied that the article published by the organ of opposition party PAS o­n Aug 2, 1999 had a "seditious tendency".