JB slapping incident: Senior citizen discharged, not amounting to an acquittal

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The Johor Baru Magistrate's Court has granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) to a 65-year-old man accused of slapping a youth for eating in public during Ramadan.  Abdul Razak Ismail had initially pleaded guilty to the charge but later disputed the case facts read out to the court.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/48mydf4m  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A case that sparked controversy on social media has taken an unexpected turn.

00:08A senior citizen, accused of slapping a 21-year-old man for eating in public during Ramadan, has

00:15been given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal, D.N.A.A.

00:20Sixty-five-year-old Abdul Razak Ismail had earlier pleaded guilty at the Johor Bahru Magistrates

00:26Court to the charge under Section 323 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt.

00:32However, his plea was rejected after he disputed key facts of the case.

00:38While Abdul Razak admitted to slapping the young man at a convenience store at 3.45 p.m.

00:45on March 16, he disagreed with claims that the slaps were forceful enough to cause bruising

00:50on the victim's cheeks.

00:53This led Magistrate A. Sharmini to reject his guilty plea despite his attempt to retract

00:59his words, saying that he did not want to trouble his son.

01:03Sharmini said the court does not accept a conditional guilty plea and set the next case

01:08mention.

01:10However, when the court was in the midst of setting bail, Deputy Public Prosecutor Noor

01:16Fatiha Mohammed Nizam said she had received instructions for the case to be D.N.A.A. and

01:22to be referred to the Attorney General's Chambers.

01:24The Magistrate then granted the D.N.A.A. pending the fresh charge against Abdul Razak.

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