Its been a long time since I posted but when I read this I cannot tahan! We need a change in govt to get rid of judges who are not doing justice in our Country!
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Thirteen people, some of whom are single mothers and cancer patients, who protested at the appointment of Zambry Abdul Kadir as the new menteri besar at the Ubudiah Mosque in Kuala Kangsar four years ago, were today ordered to serve their two years’ jail sentence at Tapah prison.
This follows the Kuala Kangsar Sessions Court finding them guilty of participating in an illegal assembly and fining them RM5,000, after refusing to grant an application for a stay of the sentence pending appeal.
The two years’ jail is the maximum jail sentence accorded for illegal assembly under the Police Act.
Sessions judge Norsalha Hamzah ordered the sentence to run from today as she refused to grant a stay.
According to lawyer Augustin Anthony, as a result of the court not granting a stay order they will file a formal application at the Taiping High Court on Tuesday at the earliest. Monday is a holiday as it is Malaysia day.
The 13 were protesting the appointment of Zambry as the new Perak menteri besar from BN, when the Pakatan Rakyat government under the stewardship of Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin fell.
This happened as a result of three Pakatan assemblypersons defecting to BN, resulting in the government’s collapse and leading to a constitutional crisis.
Augustin said the lawyers are upset as the court did not consider granting a stay as they had argued that some of the accused are single mothers.
“Some of them are also cancer patients,” he toldMalaysiakini, adding that despite such grounds the court refused to grant a stay.
Among the lawyers representing the accused were Aminuddin Zulkifli and Zamri Ibrahim.
This follows the Kuala Kangsar Sessions Court finding them guilty of participating in an illegal assembly and fining them RM5,000, after refusing to grant an application for a stay of the sentence pending appeal.
The two years’ jail is the maximum jail sentence accorded for illegal assembly under the Police Act.
Sessions judge Norsalha Hamzah ordered the sentence to run from today as she refused to grant a stay.
According to lawyer Augustin Anthony, as a result of the court not granting a stay order they will file a formal application at the Taiping High Court on Tuesday at the earliest. Monday is a holiday as it is Malaysia day.The 13 were protesting the appointment of Zambry as the new Perak menteri besar from BN, when the Pakatan Rakyat government under the stewardship of Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin fell.
This happened as a result of three Pakatan assemblypersons defecting to BN, resulting in the government’s collapse and leading to a constitutional crisis.
Augustin said the lawyers are upset as the court did not consider granting a stay as they had argued that some of the accused are single mothers.“Some of them are also cancer patients,” he toldMalaysiakini, adding that despite such grounds the court refused to grant a stay.
Among the lawyers representing the accused were Aminuddin Zulkifli and Zamri Ibrahim.
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