Businessman jailed 3 months for threatening reps via text messages – Bernama
The Court of Appeal has sentenced businessman Datuk Dr Ahmad Ramzi Mohamad Zubir to three months' jail for sending threats via text messages to three former Barisan Nasional elected representatives and defaming a former senior private secretary of the Terengganu menteri besar in 2009.
A panel of three judges headed by Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Md Raus Sharif was unanimous in the decision after allowing the prosecution to appeal against a High Court decision to acquit and discharge Ahmad Ramzi.
Ahmad Ramzi, 43, a former Terengganu MB's political secretary was earlier sentenced to a year's jail by the Sessions Court before he appealed to the High Court.
After hearing the appeal, Ahmad Ramzi, who was represented by Hisham Teh Poh Teik Abdullah in the proceedings today, was sentenced by the Court of Appeal to three months' jail for each offence which would run concurrently starting today.
In the judgement read by Justice Datuk Mohtarudin Baki, the court found the High Court judge had erroneously discharged and acquitted Ahmad Ramzi on December 29, 2013.
Justice Mohtaruddin said the High Court did not evaluate the statements of all witnesses comprehensively and only depended on the defence statement of Ahmad Ramzi that his router was faulty at the time.
In June 2009, Ahmad Ramzi was accused of threatening three former assemblymen namely Mohd Ariffin Abdullah of Paka, Abd Halim Jusoh of Permaisuri and Datuk Rosol Wahid of Ajil at Kampung Kubang Parit here between 11.21pm and 11.25pm on April 13, 2009. – Bernama, January 30, 2015.
