Justice Noorin Badaruddin made the decision after allowing the prosecution’s application to review the sessions court’s decision, which rejected the application for a gag order.

She said Wan Azri must not make any comments or send messages related to the charge until the disposal of the case.

Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Kalmizah Salleh said the gag order was important to prevent any uneasiness arising as a result of comments made related to the case.

“We applied for the gag order because the party involved in this case is the king,” she said.

Lawyer Rafique Rashid Ali, representing Wan Azri, requested that the review be rejected because the application did not state details regarding the impact on public order if the gag order was not imposed on his client.

On May 2, Wan Azri, 41, pleaded not guilty in the sessions court here to the charge of posting seditious comments against Sultan Ibrahim on his X account.

The former Umno Youth exco member is accused of committing the act at a condominium unit in Bukit Bintang here at noon on April 29.

The charge is framed under Paragraph 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act 1948, which can be punished under subsection 4(1) of the same law with a maximum fine of RM5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding three years, or both, if convicted.