THE Shah Alam magistrate’s court today acquitted and discharged a former part-time event management consultant, who was the first individual to be charged under the new anti-stalking law. Magistrate Sasha Diana Sabtu directed the man to be placed in Ulu Kinta Psychiatric Hospital in Perak.

The decision was made after examining the overall testimony of prosecution and defence witnesses. The court concluded that Mohamad Safiq Rosli, 38, had committed the act as stated in the charge.