Naza group chairperson SM Faisal SM Nasimuddin has succeeded in his bid to cite Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah for contempt.

The Federal Territory Syariah High Court late this morning sentenced the PKR lawmaker to seven days in jail over her 2019 public statement regarding the court’s custodial penalty meted out to the businessperson’s former wife Emilia Hanafi.

The court allowed Maria’s application to stay the execution of the jail sentence, pending the MP’s appeal to the Federal Territory Syariah Court of Appeal.