PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has unanimously acquitted musician and composer Yasin Sulaiman of all drug-related charges that previously resulted in his life imprisonment sentence.
According to FMT, A panel of three judges, including Justices Datuk Che Ruzima Ghazali, Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah, and Datuk Azmi Ariffin, reversed the High Court’s earlier ruling that had sentenced Yasin to life in prison and 16 strokes of the rotan.
While overturning the severe penalties, the Appeal Court reinstated the original sessions court decision that requires Yasin to be placed at Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta in Perak state, where he will remain at the discretion of the Sultan of Selangor.
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