Trio given discharge over rally notification charge

SAMM chief Badrul Hisham, popularly known as Chegubard, Mohamed Bukhairy Mohamed Sufian and SAMM propaganda director Edy Nor Reduan were charged under Section 9(1) of the Act for failing to notify the police 10 days before organising a rally on New Year’s Eve protesting the increase in the price of goods and the introduction of the goods and services tax (GST).

Yesterday, judge Ahmad Bache delivered his verdict after the case was adjourned on May 9 before the charge could even be read following an objection raised by the trio’s counsel, Gobind Singh Deo, saying that it was clear that Section 9(5) of PAA was no longer valid as the Court of Appeal had declared it unconstitutional.