Man acquitted of stalking on grounds of insanity, sent to mental hospital

A 37-year-old man has been acquitted and discharged from the crime of stalking by the Shah Alam Magistrates’ Court on the grounds that he was of unsound mind when he committed the offence.

Magistrate Sasha Diana Sabtu ruled that Mohamad Safiq Rosli, the first person charged under Section 507A(1) of the Penal Code, Safiq did not realise that his actions were against the law when he repeatedly stalked and harassed photographer Acacia Mardiana Daud on social media.