A three-member Court of Appeal bench today acquitted youth activist Adam Adli Abdul Halim of sedition.

Justice Mohd Zawawi Mohd Salleh who headed the panel said there were numerous misdirections by the Sessions Court requiring appellate intervention.

"The decision to convict is unsafe. Hence the decision by the High Court and Sessions Court is untenable. The court sets aside the decision by the High Court," he said...