Attorney-General Apandi Ali, in dropping the case, said he was entrusted to conduct prosecutions in a fair and just manner.
“In the interests of justice, and after reviewing the testimony of all witnesses who have appeared in court, I, as Attorney-General under Article 145(3) of the Federal Constitution, use my discretion to discontinue the prosecution against Azmi Sharom for the charge under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948,” he said in a statement.
Apandi likened the dropping of sedition charges against Azmi to the move to drop the charge against DAP MP Teresa Kok.
Azmi was charged on September 2, 2014, for remarks made in an August 14 news reports titled “Take Perak crisis route for speedy end to Selangor impasse, Pakatan told.”
Azmi, who lectures in University Malaya, once failed in his bid to challenge the constitutionality of the Sedition Act.