KANGAR: The Sessions Court here today ordered independent preacher Ahmad Husam Muhamad Baderudin, better known as Ustaz Husam, to enter his defence on a charge of using an unrecognised honorific title.
Judge Sharifah Norazlita Syed Salim Idid ruled that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against the 36-year-old at the close of its case.
The court gave the accused three options: to testify under oath from the witness stand, where he could be cross-examined by the prosecution; to give an unsworn statement from the dock, without being cross-examined; or to remain silent.
Husam chose the first option and will testify under oath from the witness stand.
