Celebrity Preacher Azman Sentences Dropped From 24 Years To 14 Months Netizens Express Confusion

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RECENTLY, Celebrity preacher Azman Syah Alias ​​was sentenced to 14 months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court after pleading guilty to the charge of committing extreme obscenity against a teenage boy, two years ago.
The cyberspace erupted over what appears to be an overturning of a sentence by the Klang Sessions Court amounting to 24-year of prison sentence and two lashes.

Netizens were divided over the ruling, with some suggesting that the man was innocent and he was forced to plead guilty to reduce the sentence.

Others wondered if it was right for him to escape with only 14 months of jail time, citing the suffering endured by the victim and their families.

Netizen Putera Qamarul said some people will plead guilty as they are truly in the wrong while there are times when they are advised to do so to simplify the work of the court and also the police.
Then there was a “criminal lawyer” who shared that the penalty should be 30 years for a case similar to Azman.
But due to him pleading guilty and that it was the first crime he committed, the penalty was significantly lowered.

Sounds like a happy ending after all, but no. Looking through the story in detail, Azman’s situation is revealed to be no simple matter.
The man was facing several cases, which means the 14 months of jail time served concurrently with the 24 years from the previous sentencing, unlike what netizen and “criminal lawyer” mrs has claimed.

Besides, there was no mention in the news piece on Astro Awani that the previous ruling had been overturned despite the storm of confusion on the cyberspace.
In essence, the 14 months jail sentence relates to the case of him committing extreme obscenity against an 18-year-old male teenager at a house in Jalan Sungai Bertek on 10 June 2022.
This is not to be mistaken with the case of physical sexual abuse against a 17-year-old boy on September 27 two years ago. —Focus Malaysia

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