May 23, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Student activist Adam Adli Abdul Halim claimed trial this morning to a sedition charge of attempting to topple the government through street protests. The 24-year-old was charged under section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act 1948 and he faces a jail term of not less three years, or a fine of…

PUTRAJAYA: Pandan member of parliament Mohd Rafizi Ramli has to stand trial in the Sessions Court for violating the Banking and Financial Institutions Act (Bafia). This follows the Court of Appeal ruling yesterday which dismissed his appeal to strike out the charge. A three-man bench chaired by Datuk Seri Mohd Apandi Ali said there was…