KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 – Bersih 2.0 Maria Chin Abdullah and seven others pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here on Tuesday of a charge of participating in street protests #KitaLawan on 28 March. They were charged in a separate court. They were charged with participating in a street protest for the purposes of these reforms and the Free Anwar and independent of Assembly Free Expression.
Maria and three other chairman which Jingga 13; Mohd Fariz Abdul Talib @ Musa, Manager of the secretariat of Bersih 2.0; Mandeep Singh and Member of Parliament for Bayan Baru; Sim Tze Tzin were charged before Magistrate Muhamad Faizal Ismail.
According to the charges, the four were indicted along with others who are still free to join street protests for a particular purpose in front of the fountain intersection of Jalan Tun Perak and ending in front of Sogo Complex between 3.15 pm to 6 pm, March 28.
Deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin said the prosecution and the defense agreed that the four were named as the person being summoned (OKS) in this case, bail of RM500 each. Magistrate Muhamad Faizal RM500 bail in one surety for each OKS and fixed Oct 16 for mention.
Meanwhile, activist Adam Adli Abd Halim, 26, and Mohd Fariz, 45, pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Mohd Rehan Mohd Aris on a charge of participating in a street protest began in front of Sogo Shopping Complex, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman and ends at Esplanade KLCC here between 4 pm and 7.30 pm, Feb 28. Mohd Rehan allowed them to bail RM500 in one surety and fixed Oct 19 for mention pending.
Meanwhile, Teja the state assemblyman Chang Lih Kang, 35, Special Officer Batu Member of Parliament; Rozan Azen Mat Chin Hon, 38, and members of the PKR, Lee Chean Chung, 34, also pleaded not guilty to participating in a street protest began in front of Sogo fountain at the junction of Jalan Tun Perak here between 4.30pm and 5.05pm, 21 March.
Magistrate Ashraf Rezal Abdul Manan also allowed them to bail RM500 inMusli Ab Hamid dan Raja Zaizul Faridah Raja Zaharudin one surety and fixed Oct 16 for mention pending. They were charged under Section 4 (2) (c) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 and punishable under Section 4 (3) of the same Act carries a fine not exceeding RM10,000, if convicted.
The prosecution was conducted Deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin, Musli Ab Hamid dan Raja Zaizul Faridah Raja Zaharudin while all OKS represented Ramkarpal Singh Deo, Datuk S.Ambiga, Amer Hamzah Arshad, Latheefa Koya and Eric Paulsen. PKR president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and MP for Batu Tian Chua and several supporters who wearing yellow T-Shirt with the word Bersih 4.0 was also present in court to lend their support.
