Nik Nazmi charged for Kelana Jaya rally

PETALING JAYA: PKR communications director Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad was charged at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court today, under Section 9 (1) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2011 (PAA), for failing to give the police sufficient notice before holding the rally at the Kelana Jaya Stadium last week. Nik Nazmi is the first person to…

Call to set up a justice ministry

PETALING JAYA: Legal activists and experts are calling for the setting up of a law and justice ministry. Lawyers for Liberty founder Eric Paulsen said his foundation had hoped for the establishment of a justice ministry. “We hoped that it would be a priority for Najib when drawing up the new government but sadly this…

Former judge taken to task

His statement does nothing to further cause of unity, says Bar Council chief PETALING JAYA: Former Court of Appeal judge Datuk Mohd Noor Abdullah should be investigated for racial incitement under Section 505 (c) of the Penal Code, say lawyers. Bar Council president Christopher Leong told theSun yesterday that such statements made by Mohd Noor…

Cops quiz Nik Nazmi over rally

PETALING JAYA: Police today interrogated PKR communications director Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad in connection with Wednesday night’s Suara Rakyat Suara Keramat rally at the Kelana Jaya stadium. His lawyer, Eric Paulsen, told FMT he was being investigated under the Peaceful Assembly Act (PPA) and the Sedition Act. Paulsen said Nik Nazmi had been called in…

Seri Setia assemblyman summoned to shed light on Kelana Jaya rally

KUALA LUMPUR: The police summoned Seri Setia assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad on Friday to facilitate investigations into the rally held at the Kelana Jaya stadium near here on Wednesday night. Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Arjunaidi Mohamed told Bernama that Nik Nazmi arrived at the district police headquarters at 3pm, to have his statement…

Bloggers Papa Gomo, King Jason remain in remand

PETALING JAYA: Controversial bloggers Papa Gomo and King Jason remain under police remand. Federal Commercial Crimes Investigation Department Director Comm Datuk Syed Ismail Syed Azizan said the two bloggers would remain under police custody until investigations are concluded. “The public knows we mean business following the arrests of bloggers, King Jason, Milo Suam and Papa…

GE13: Blogger ‘Milo Suam’ in hot water for posting classified papers

KUALA LUMPUR: Blogger Yusuf Al-Siddique Suratman has been arrested for allegedly posting classified documents and false news on his Milo Suam blog. He had allegedly posted articles containing a classified document on security measures during the attack by foreign terrorists in Lahad Datu. His blog also published an article which claimed police personnel had carried…

Ibu Aminulrasyid Fail Saman Kerajaan Malaysia RM50 Juta

SHAH ALAM, 17 APRIL : Ibu remaja yang ditembak mati pada 2009, Aminulrasyid Amzah, 14, memfailkan saman berjumlah RM50 juta terhadap Korperal Jenain Subi dan empat lagi defendan. Dalam writ saman itu yang difailkan menerusi peguamcara plantif Tentuan Daim dan Gamany turut menamakan Ketua Polis Daerah Shah Alam, Bekas Ketua Polis Shah Alam ; Tan…

Aminulrasyid’s kin files RM50m suit, heats up battle for Shah Alam

SHAH ALAM, April 17 ― The family members of Aminulrasyid Amzah filed a RM50 million “unlawful killing” lawsuit against the police and the government today, in a case that could reignite public anger among voters here over how the schoolboy was shot 21 times by police in 2010. Flanked by incumbent PAS MP Khalid Samad,…

Tian Chua fail batal pertuduhan

PETALING JAYA: Naib Presiden PKR Tian Chua hari ini memfailkan satu notis permohonan di Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur untuk membatalkan pertuduhan menghasut berhubung peristiwa Lahad Datu. Beliau yang juga ahli parlimen Batu didakwa di bawah Seksyen 4(1)(b) Akta Hasutan 1948 di Mahkamah Sesyen Kuala Lumpur, demikian menurut satu kenyataan media yang dikeluarkan dua peguamnya, Eric…

Tian Chua moves to strike out sedition charge

PETALING JAYA (April 12): PKR Vice President Tian Chua has filed an application to strike out a sedition charge against him for allegedly making a statement linking Umno with the Lahd Datu incident. His lawyers Latheefa Koya and Eric Paulsen filed the application to strike out the case on the grounds that the Sedition Act…

Police raid Suara Keadilan office

KUALA LUMPUR: Suara Keadilan, the official mouthpiece of PKR, was raided this morning by a group of six policemen. The web portal reported that six policemen raided its office, checking computers at about 10.15 this morning. “They [the police] are an investigating team from Johor Baru,” the website said, adding that the raid was in…

PKR supporters, police tussle at court complex

KUALA LUMPUR (March 14): A slight tussle broke out between PKR members and police at the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex in Jalan Duta today when a police officer tried to escort PKR vice president Tian Chua to the court’s holding room while his sedition case was being registered. The tussle began when Johor Baru Criminal…

Sedition charge for Tian Chua over Umno-Sulu link

KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 ― PKR’s Chua Tian Chang claimed trial today to sedition for allegedly linking Umno to the on-going Sulu intrusion into Sabah. “This is a politically-motivated charge. I will fight this slander to clear my name,” the PKR vice-president, popularly known as Tian Chua, told the Sessions Court. Chua did not enter…