Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice-president Tian Chua and four other opposition activists were today charged in the Sessions Court here for making a seditious speech at a ceramah at the Chinese Assembly Hall two weeks ago. However, Tian Chua or his real name Chua Tian Chang, 50, together with the chairman of the Malaysian Undergraduates…
PETALING JAYA: The family of N Dharmendran have claimed that the Prime Minister’s Department and police are harassing them. Father of the deceased, V Narayanasamy, said he received multiple phone calls on May 27 from a person who claimed to be working with the PM’s department known as D Ravindran. “He told me that he…
PETALING JAYA, May 29 — A Sessions Court judge has recused herself from hearing the case of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) communication director Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who is charged with the organising of a rally at the MBPJ Kelana Jaya Stadium as the accused is related to her family. Judge Rozina Ayob, who was…
PETALING JAYA, May 29 — An officer with newly-appointed minister Datuk Paul Low and the police have been accused of “harassing” the family members of police custodial death victim N. Dharmendran who was allegedly beaten to death in a lockup earlier this month. PKR vice president N Surendran claimed today the deceased’s father, G Nagayarasamy,…
PETALING JAYA: N Surendran, PKR vice president and lawyer for the family of C Sugumar, said today that the police and government are still refusing to cooperate with them even as his body is languishing at the morgue. Surendran said that the family has several options left to seek justice for Sugumar who died while…
KUALA LUMPUR: Four Pakatan politicians and activists were charged with sedition this morning at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court. PKR vice-president Tian Chua, PAS leader Tamrin Ghafar, Anything But Umno (ABU) activist Haris Ibrahim and Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia president Safwan Anang were charged with uttering seditious words during a May 13 forum. They were accused…
PETALING JAYA: The police have been accused of delaying the murder investigation concerning N Dharmendran, who died recently in police custody. Expressing disappointment and anger over this, the family’s lawyer N Surendran said the deceased’s wife M Marry, 26, has also refused to remove her “thali” until the perpetrators are charged. The “thali” is tied…
TOLERANT: Police says no truth in PKR deputy human rights chief’s allegation KUALA LUMPUR: Police yesterday criticised PKR deputy human rights chief S. Jayathas over his allegation that he was manhandled when making a report at the Dang Wangi station on Sunday. District police chief Assistant Commissioner Zainuddin Ahmad said they had been patient and…
PETALING JAYA: The preliminary post-mortem conducted at Hospital Kuala Lumpur has revealed that police detainee N Darmindran had died to severe blunt force trauma. HKL pathologist Dr Siew Sheue Feng’s report, which was given to the deceased’s family last night, ruled out heart attack or asthma as the cause of death as claimed by the…
KUALA LUMPUR: The remand application by the police against Anything But Umno (ABU) movement leader Haris Ibrahim, PKR vice president Tian Chua and PAS’ Thamrin Ghafar has been rejected. All three – arrested yesterday – were ordered to be released immediately. Lawyer Afiq M Noor who was among those who represented the trio wrote on…
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…
KUALA LUMPUR: His remains were covered in bruises and both his ears were stapled. This was the dreadful sight that greeted the family of N Darmindran at Hospital Kuala Lumpur this afternoon. His wife, M Marry, 26, burst out into tears upon seeing her late husband’s condition and was too distraught to talk to the…
KUALA LUMPUR (May 19): Student activist Adam Adli Abd Halim has been remanded for five days to allow police to question him over remarks he allegedly made at a post-GE13 forum. His lawyer, Latheefa Koya, said a magistrate this morning approved the application by police to remand Adam until May 23. She said Adam was…
KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 – Student activist Adam Adli Abdul Halim was arrested this afternoon under the Sedition Act that his lawyer believes is due to his remarks at a forum on May 13. Adam Adli, 24 (picture), had apparently told a forum at the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall this week that…