Court junks second Nik Nazmi assembly law charge

PETALING JAYA, May 6 — A Sessions Court granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal to Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad this afternoon, barely two hours after the Selangor lawmaker was charged with violating an assembly law — the same charge he was freed of recently.   Judge Yasmin Abdul Razak said the lower court…

Putrajaya targeting opposition with selective prosecution, lawyers say

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 ― Putrajaya is targeting the federal opposition by abusing court processes, human rights’ lawyers said as two Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers face the courts for separate offences today.   Seputeh DAP MP Teresa Kok is expected to be charged with sedition at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for her controversial Chinese…