The defence counsel of “Abang Bas”, Ahmad Zaharil Muhaiyar, was within his rights when he explained in a TikTok video the circumstances surrounding his client’s charges of sexual assault and uploading offensive posts.

Lawyer Ramesh NP Chandran said that Zaharil did not violate the principle of sub judice when he said that his client didn't know the meaning of the word “crush” but was merely using the word because it was trendy and wanted the video to get into the For You Page of TikTok.