AGC to appeal against Session Court’s decision to acquit and discharge Papagomo of sedition

The AGC plans to appeal the Sessions Court's decision to acquit blogger Papagomo of sedition charges.

Papagomo was initially acquitted after the defence raised reasonable doubt, but the AGC believes the prosecution proved a prima facie case.

The sedition charge relates to alleged pro-Israel and pro-West remarks made on Facebook in November 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 — The Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) will file a notice of appeal against the Sessions Court’s decision to acquit and discharge blogger Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, also known as Papagomo, of a sedition charge.

In a statement today, the AGC said the decision was made after examining the ruling of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court sitting in the Klang Sessions Court today, which acquitted and discharged Wan Muhammad Azri, 43, at the close of the defence case for a charge under Section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act 1948 (Act 15).

“After examining the decision of the Sessions Court Judge, this department has decided to file a notice of appeal against the acquittal and discharge in the near future,” the AGC said in a statement today.

According to the AGC, the prosecution had previously appealed against a decision by the same court on September 3, 2025, which had acquitted and discharged the accused at the close of the prosecution’s case.

The AGC stated that the appeal against that decision was filed at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on September 4, 2025, before the court allowed the public prosecutor’s appeal on July 31 last year and ordered the accused to enter his defence after finding that the prosecution had successfully proven a prima facie case.

“The accused presented his defence by giving sworn testimony in the same Sessions Court. The accused, who was the sole defence witness, admitted to issuing seditious statements as charged and merely presented a defence in the form of a denial,” the AGC said in the statement.

Earlier, Judge Siti Aminah Ghazali acquitted and discharged Wan Muhammad Azri after finding that the defence had successfully raised reasonable doubt at the close of the defence case.

On January 8, 2024, the man pleaded not guilty to a charge of uttering seditious remarks linking the government to being pro-Israel and pro-West via Facebook.

He was allegedly accused of making the statement on the Facebook page of Halid Hamidi (Halid Mat Kool), which was later viewed by an individual at a condominium unit in Jalan Tong Shin, Bukit Bintang here at 1pm on November 8, 2023.

The charge was framed under Section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act 1948, which carries a maximum penalty of three years in imprisonment or a fine of RM5,000, or both, upon conviction. — Bernama

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总检察署计划对地方法院宣告博主帕帕戈莫无罪释放的煽动叛乱罪判决提出上诉。

帕帕戈莫最初因辩方提出的合理怀疑而被判无罪，但总检察署认为检方已证明存在初步证据。

煽动叛乱的指控与他于 2023 年 11 月在 Facebook 上发表的亲以色列和亲西方的言论有关。

吉隆坡，10 月 19 日讯——总检察署（AGC）将就地方法院撤销博主 Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris（又名 Papagomo）煽动罪指控的裁决提出上诉。

今日，总检察署发表声明称，该决定是在审查了吉隆坡地方法院今日在巴生地方法院作出的裁决后做出的。该裁决在辩方陈述完毕后，宣告 43 岁的 Wan Muhammad Azri 无罪释放，他被控违反 1948 年煽动法令（第 15 号法令）第 4(1)(b) 条。

“经审查地方法院法官的判决，本部门决定在不久的将来就无罪释放提出上诉通知，”总检察署今天在一份声明中表示。

据总检察署称，检方此前曾对同一法院于 2025 年 9 月 3 日作出的判决提出上诉，该判决在检方举证完毕后宣告被告无罪释放。

总检察署表示，针对该决定的上诉已于 2025 年 9 月 4 日提交至吉隆坡高等法院。去年 7 月 31 日，法院准许了公诉人的上诉，并命令被告进行辩护，因为法院认定控方已成功证明初步证据成立。

总检察署在声明中表示：“被告在同一地方法院以宣誓证词的方式进行辩护。被告作为唯一的辩方证人，承认发表了被指控的煽动性言论，但仅以否认的形式进行辩护。”

此前，法官西蒂·阿米娜·加扎利 (Siti Aminah Ghazali) 认定辩方在辩护阶段已成功提出合理怀疑，因此宣告万·穆罕默德·阿兹里 (Wan Muhammad Azri) 无罪释放。

2024 年 1 月 8 日，该男子对通过 Facebook 发表煽动性言论，将政府与亲以色列和亲西方联系起来的指控表示不认罪。

据称，他被指控在 Halid Hamidi（Halid Mat Kool）的 Facebook 页面上发表了该声明，该声明后来于 2023 年 11 月 8 日下午 1 点被位于吉隆坡武吉免登 Jalan Tong Shin 的一间公寓的某人看到。

该指控依据1948年煽动法令第4(1)(b)条提出，该条文规定，一旦罪名成立，最高可判处三年监禁或罚款5000令吉，或两者并罚。——马新社

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