Justice Abu Bakar Katar allowed an application by the prosecution to review the sessions court’s decision to reject the previous application for a gag order, Berita Harian reported.

Abu Bakar said the sessions court judge failed to consider the entirety of the scenario surrounding the case involving Badrul, who is also known as Chegubard.

He also said that Badrul was already standing trial at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on two other charges of criminal defamation and sedition involving the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

The judge said that not issuing the gag order would lead to the risk of Badrul repeating the same seditious statements, even against the king.

Badrul was charged last month with publishing seditious material related to the Bloomberg report on his Facebook account at Mutiara Villa, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, at 6.30pm on April 26.

The charge was framed under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act 1948, which carries a maximum RM5,000 fine, imprisonment of up to three years, or both, upon conviction.