Singer Yasin Sulaiman freed as Court of Appeal overturns life sentence

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The appeals court, however, reinstates the sessions court’s decision for him to be placed at Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, Perak, at the pleasure of the Sultan of Selangor.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/04/28/singer-yasin-sulaiman-freed-as-court-of-appeal-overturns-life-sentence  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/04/28/yasin-bebas-mahkamah-rayuan-batal-hukuman-penjara-seumur-hidup  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #YasinSulaiman #TheCourtofAppeal

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00:00The Court of Appeal today acquitted composer and singer Yassin Sulaiman on all three drug-related

00:07charges. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel comprising Justices Cheruzima Ghazali,

00:14Colin Lorenz-Sekera, and Azmi Arifin overturned the High Court's conviction sentencing Yassin

00:20to life imprisonment and 16 strokes of the rotan. However, it reinstated the Sessions

00:26Court's decision ordering Yassin to be placed at Hospital Bahagya Ulukinta, Pera at the pleasure

00:32of the Sultan of Selangor. The Appeals Court ruled that the lower court had made an error

00:36when it dismissed the report provided by the first defense witness, Dr. Ian Lloyd Anthony,

00:41a consultant forensic psychiatrist from Hospital Bahagya, as hearsay. The court also noted that

00:47the trial judge had made findings on the issue of legal insanity, but there was no detailed

00:52elaboration provided on these. On August 22, 2024, the Shalam High Court sentenced the

00:58Mimfi Laila Singer to life imprisonment and ordered that he also be given 16 strokes of

01:03the rotan after he was convicted of the three drug-related charges.

01:08On August 22, 2021, I'm Nishar Jereza, FMT.

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