Hamzah: Rise up, make Yusoff case 'masterminds' pay
'Imagine if this happened to our own child or family member?'
That is the question opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin is posing to Malaysians as he urges national introspection over the case of Yusoff Rawther, who was acquitted of drug trafficking and possession of a fake gun.
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