Papagomo sedition trial: Witness withdraws police report

A businessperson has withdrawn his police report lodged against Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, also known as Papagomo, for allegedly making seditious remarks linking the government with Israel and the West.

Lawyer Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali, representing Wan Azri, said Hisham Sharudin, the first prosecution witness, lodged a police report indicating his intention to withdraw the earlier report after providing two hours of testimony in court yesterday.

“The initial police report against Wan Azri...