KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court will revise the decision imposed by a decrease court docket in sentencing a youngster to 10 days’ imprisonment and RM4,000 wonderful for trying to steal cash from a mosque donation field.
The listening to to revise the decision of the Selayang Magistrate’s Court’s which meted out the sentence on Daniel Iskandar, 19, was set for Jan 17 on the Shah Alam High Court.
Muslim Lawyers Association of Malaysia (PPMM) president Datuk Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar stated the continuing for revision was set in accordance with the provisions beneath Chapter 31 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
“Messrs. Hariz Syakinah & Co has been appointed by Daniel Iskandar to symbolize him, with the assistance of PPMM.
“Therefore, PPMM by way of Messrs. Hariz Syakinah & Co will seem in the High Court on that day, ” he stated in a press release on Saturday (Jan 15).
Chapter 31, amongst others, offers with the ability of the High Court to name for information of proceedings in the subordinate courts and the ability of judicial assessment.
On Friday (Jan 14), Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat in a press convention stated the sentence determined by the subordinate courts might be reviewed by the High Court if discovered to be extreme or inappropriate in accordance to current legal guidelines.
Meanwhile, lawyer Muhammad Hariz Md Yusoff when contacted stated the appliance for revision can be heard earlier than Judge Datuk Indera Abd Halim Aman at 9am.
He stated his consumer was at the moment in Kajang Prison and he couldn’t not meet {the teenager} due to the jail’s customary working process (SOP) which required an RT-PCR check to be performed first.
“I went to Kajang Prison and my communication with Daniel was by way of a written letter which I handed to a jail officer to be delivered to him.
“Based on the jail report, our consumer needs to be launched on Monday (Jan 17) however when there’s a revised decision, he can be introduced first to the Shah Alam Court,” he stated.
On Jan 13, the Selayang Magistrate’s Court sentenced Daniel Iskandar to 10 days in jail and a wonderful of RM4,000 for attempting to steal mosque funds on Jan 8.
The media had earlier reported {that a} viral video of a youth being bathed like a corpse by some mosque committee members for attempting to steal from a donation field was being circulated on social media. – Bernama
