Keputusan Mahkamah Rayuan bukan pembebasan, tetapi memberi sedikit kelegaan selepas bertahun-tahun Rosmah Mansor berdepan sabitan dan penghakiman di media sosial.
The Court of Appeal has not cleared Rosmah Mansor yet. But after seven years of conviction, condemnation and social-media vilification, it has given her something fundamental: an opportunity for evidence at the heart of her case to be properly tested.
Ancaman perintah sekatan bersuara terhadap Adendum Diraja yang diarahkan oleh hakim untuk kerajaan memohon secara rasmi pada hari Isnin, 20 Januari, telah mencetuskan perdebatan meluas. Pelbagai kiriman sarkastik telah membanjiri media sosial, dengan sesetengah melihatnya sebagai penjelasan prerogatif diraja, ada yang berkata mengenai sekatan hak bersuara, manakala yang lain melihatnya sebagai ancaman kepada kebebasan kehakiman.
The laughable threat of a gag order on the Royal Addendum, which the judge has directed the government to formally apply for by Monday, 20 January, has sparked widespread debate. Memes and sarcastic posts have flooded social media, with some viewing it as a clarification of the royal prerogative, while others see it as a potential threat to judicial independence.