GRAPHIC designer and activist Mohd Fahmi Reza Mohd Zarin, better known as Fahmi Reza, was given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) by the Sessions Court today for a social media post over the ban on liquor sales in the country.

Judge Nor Hasniah Ab Razak made the decision after allowing the initial objection of lawyer N. Yohendra, representing Fahmi, 45.

“The court released without acquitting Fahmi of the charges, after finding them to be flawed and unfounded,” Nor Hasniah said at the proceedings, which were also attended by deputy public prosecutor Najihah Farhana Che Awang.

On August 30, Fahmi submitted a preliminary objection to the charge on the grounds that it did not contain sufficient details, was flawed and contradicted the requirements under sections 153 and 154 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

On February 17, Fahmi pleaded not guilty to the charge of knowingly making and initiating the transmission of an obscene post regarding the issue of banning liquor sales in this country, with the intention of offending others through his Facebook page at 11.45am on June 1, 2021. – Bernama, October 14, 2022.