KUALA LUMPUR: Two MPs were among seven more people charged in the sessions court here yesterday with taking part in an illegal assembly in the KLCC area in January.
Batu MP Tian Chua, 44, of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), and Kuala Krai MP Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli, 52, of PAS, as well as lawyer Chong Kok Wei @ Jonson Kok Wei Chong, 37, technician Tan Chee Hooi, 33, PKR information bureau member Ginie Lim Siew Lin, 27, Mohd Azhar Yaacob, 25, and ex-serviceman Mohamed Nawi, 65, are alleged to have committed the offence with 35 others on Jan 26. The 35 were charged on Jan 28.
All the 42 people were initially charged under Section 143 of the Penal Code, which carries a sentence of up to six months jail or fi ne or both, and Section 188, which carries a sentence of a
month’s jail or RM400 fine or both, upon conviction.
month’s jail or RM400 fine or both, upon conviction.
Tian Chua, who was represented by lawyer Lai Chee Hoe, was charged in the morning and pleaded not guilty on both counts. He later posted the RM1,000 bail imposed by judge Mohamad
Sekeri Mamat.
Sekeri Mamat.
Hatta, Chong, Tan, Lim, Azhar and Mohamed, who were represented by lawyers Gobind Singh Deo, Mohamed Hanipa Maidin and See Wan Yeow, were brought before the judge in the
afternoon and managed to have the charge under Section 143 dropped on technicalities.
afternoon and managed to have the charge under Section 143 dropped on technicalities.
They were allowed bail of RM500 each and released after posting bail. The trial was fixed for March 23-25.
The judge ordered the defence counsel to get an explanation from Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim why two accused charged on Jan 28 – Fadhil Osman, 33, and Md Yusof
Abdullah, 43, – failed to turn up in court.
Abdullah, 43, – failed to turn up in court.
Khalid provided the surety for the duo. – Bernama
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