KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has struck out an appeal by the prosecution against the sentence meted out to human rights activist Lena Hendry for screening a Sri Lankan civil war documentary that had not been approved by the Censorship Board. Justice Mohd Sofian Abd Razak made the order after Deputy Public Prosecutor Zalina Awang @ Mamat informed the court that the prosecution had agreed to withdraw its appeal for a higher sentence against Hendry, 32. Justice Mohd Sofian also struck out the cross-appeal by Hendry against her conviction and sentence. On March 22, Hendry was fined RM10,000 by magistrate Mohd Rehan Mohd Aris after she was found guilty of screening the documentary. "I am currently overseas doing my masters in Human Rights and would like to spend more time focusing on that," she said.

Source: The Star December 14, 2017 05:03 UTC