KUALA LUMPUR: ZI Publications Sdn Bhd director Mohd Ezra Mohd Zaid, the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) as well as five others have reached an agreement on the assessment of damages for him for wrongful prosecution by the Selangor Chief Syarie Prosecutor in 2013.
Published on: Friday, December 18, 2020
By: Bernama
Mohd Ezra pumping his fist in the air following his acquittal in Petaling Jaya.
PETALING JAYA: The Syariah Court Thursday discharged and acquitted ZI Publications Sdn Bhd Director Mohd Ezra Mohd Zaid on charges related to publishing a book seven years ago, deemed to be against Islamic law.
This follows the decision of Syariah Lower Court Judge Shukran Yusof to reject the prosecution’s application to grant Mohd Ezra a discharge not amounting to an acquittal.
Shukran said that after studying the oral and written submission of both prosecution and defence, he found that if the accused was granted a discharge not amounting to acquittal, it would turn into an academic issue.