IPOH, Sept. 8 -- A 41-year-old woman charged at the Magistrate Court here with attempting to attack the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, during the state-level National Day parade on August 31.

No plea was recorded from the accused, Nurhaswani Afni Mohamad Zorki, when the charge was read before Magistrate Mohd Harith Mohd Mazlan.

Nurhaswani was accused of using criminal force against Sultan of Perak at about 8.20am on August 31, in front of the Ipoh City Hall building along Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab here.

The charge was framed under Section 352 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum sentence of three months' jail or fine up to RM1,000 or both, upon conviction.

Deputy public prosecutor Nasrul Hadi Abdul Ghan...