Black 505 rally: Pakatan MPs, student activists charged
Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli, Seremban MP Anthony Loke and Pakatan Rakyat secretariat staff member Adib Ishar were charged for using Padang Merbok without permission.
K Pragalath, FMT
Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli, Seremban MP Anthony Loke Siew Fook and Pakatan Rakyat secretariat staff member Adib Ishar were charged for using Padang Merbok as a venue for a rally without permission.
They were charged at the Jalan Duta Session court for failing to obtain the consent of Kuala Lumpur City Hall as premise owner when they used Padang Merbok as venue for Black 505 rally on June 22 under section 15(3) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.
Loke was represented by KP Wong and Thomas Su. Rafizi and Adib were represented by N Surendran, Latheefa Koya and Michelle Yesudas.
The trio are also facing an additional charge under section 9(1) of the PAA for failing to notify the police 10 days prior to the assembly.
Last week, they received a court order that stated that he would be charged in court for breaching the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.
The order stated that the trio failed to comply with conditions set by Dang Wangi OCPD ACP Zainuddin Ahmad to obtain Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s permission to use Padang Merbok as a rally gathering point as stated in section 11 of the PAA that makes it a must to obtain venue owner’s consent.
Section 9(5) of the PAA states that those convicted would be liable to a fine not exceeding RM10,000.
Deputy public prosecutor Kalmizah Salleh proposed bail set at RM5,000 but defence counsels objected on the grounds that this was a summons case and not a warrants case.
Sessions Court judge Mat Ghani Abdullah allowed the defendants to be freed on a personal bond amounting to RM3000.
He also fixed the case management to be heard on Sept 23. The case will be heard on Oct 7 and 8. The hearing then would continue from Dec 9 to 11.
