A 65-year-old man who allegedly slapped a non-Muslim man for eating in public during Ramadan has been granted a discharge not amounting to acquittal (...

The case is reportedly being referred to the Attorney-General's Chambers.

A 65-year-old man who allegedly slapped a non-Muslim man for eating in public during Ramadan will be re-charged this afternoon.

JOHOR BARU (March 19): An elderly man who allegedly slapped a non-Muslim man for eating in public during Ramadan on Sunday has been granted a discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) by the Johor Bahru Magistrates’ Court today. Magistrate A. Shaarmini made the decision after Deputy Public Prosecutor Nur Fatihah Mohd Nizam announced that sheRead More

Earlier on Wednesday (Mar 19), Abdul Razak Ismail, 65, was granted a discharge not amounting to acquittal. He initially pleaded guilty before disputing the facts of the case read out to him at the Johor Bahru Magistrate Court.

JOHOR BARU (March 19): An elderly man has claimed trial to a fresh charge of slapping a non-Muslim man for eating in public during Ramadan. The accused, Abdul Razak Ismail, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read out in the Magistrates’ Court here today. Earlier, the 65-year-old retiree was released after the Magistrate’s CourtRead More

The purported victim shared on X that he was allegedly “slapped several times” after he refused to show his identity card to his aggressor to prove he was not a Muslim.