Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali has been slapped with a one-day jail sentence and RM20,000 fine after being found guilty by the Kuala Lumpur High Court of contempt.This followed the publication of an article by Zainuddin Salleh which was published on the Perkasa website.
The article questioned the integrity of another High Court judge VT Singham who had since retired.
The author had alleged that Singham, who was hearing the suit filed by Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim against Utusan Malaysia then, was pro-opposition.
Zainuddin had also questioned the judge's sexual orientation for being a bachelor.
For this, the author was sentenced to four weeks jail.
The sentence was meted by Justice John Louis O Hara.
Following the judgment, Ibrahim would stay at the Kuala Lumpur court complex lock-up until 5pm today.
- Malaysiakini
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