Jawi fails to get leave in Nik Raina appeal

comments     Hafiz Yatim     Published     Updated

Borders bookstore manager Nik Raina Nik Abdul Aziz remains a free woman as the Federal Court today dismissed leave to appeal her acquittal by the High Court and Court of Appeal on a charge of distributing a book by controversial writer, Irshad Manji, which was deemed unIslamic.

The appeal, filed by the Federal Territory Islamic Department (Jawi) was heard by a three-member bench‎.

For the rest of this story and more, subscribe for only RM150 a year. If you're already a subscriber, please sign in.

Sign in Subscribe now


Malaysiakini
news and views that matter


Sign In