Malaysia: 3 activists remanded for participating rallies
Event- Country
- Malaysia
- Initial Date
- Mar 7, 2015
- Event Description
DAP Youth chief Teo Kok Seong and activists Adam Adli Abdul Halim and Mandeep Singh have been remanded over the #KitaLawan rallies, following police crackdown on its organisers that began last week. The magistrate ordered a three-day remand for Adam Adli and Mandeep today because they were "flight risks", their lawyer Eric Paulsen said on Twitter today. "Mag Erry Shahriman benarkan reman @AdamAli @mandeepkarpall 3 hari hingga Selasa atas alasan mereka adalah 'flight risk'. @melissa_ms," tweeted Paulsen, using his handle @EricPaulsen101. (Magistrate Erriy Shahriman granted @AdamAdli @mandeepkarpall three days until Tuesday on the grounds they are a flight risk.) Teo's lawyer, Wong Kah Woh, tweeted that police had requested a four-day remand for the Rasah MP, but the magistrate granted one day. "Magistrate granted 1 day for the application for remand against @teokokseong," he said using his handle @wongkahwoh. The three were detained yesterday, a week after the #KitaLawan rally in the capital Kuala Lumpur, with Teo becoming the sixth Pakatan Rakyat leader to be caught in the dragnet. Mandeep and Adam Adli were participating in a smaller-scale, silent #KitaLawan protest yesterday when police arrested them. They were taken to the Jinjang police station, where they were held overnight. Teo was detained earlier yesterday, when he appeared at the Dang Wangi police station on his own accord to record a statement on the March 7 #KitaLawan rally, which had attracted 5,000 to 10,000 protesters. Wong said today that Teo would be sent to Dang Wangi today at around 2pm to have his statement recorded and expected him to be released after that. Meanwhile, Adam Adli and Mandeep's lawyers said it was strange that the magistrate had brought up the issue of "flight risk" when the police had not raised it during the remand application. "Ini memang mengelirukan. Pihak polis hanya bangkitkan isu antara lainnya ttg pasu bunga pecah, langsung tak bangkitkan isu flight risk," tweeted lawyer Melissa Sasidaran. (This is very confusing. The police only brought up the issue of the flower pot breaking, they didn't raise the issue of flight risk at all.) Paulsen said Adam Adli and Mandeep regularly met the police, so it was astounding that the magistrate could conclude the two were flight risks. Adam Adli was previously arrested along with PKR's Jingga 13 head Fariz Musa near the Sogo shopping complex for taking part in a #KitaLawan gathering on February 21. The weekly #KitaLawan rallies are aimed at pressing Putrajaya to release opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim from jail following the Federal Court verdict upholding his sodomy conviction on February 10. Police had allowed the rally on March 7 to proceed smoothly, but began rounding up its organisers the next day. PAS Youth treasurer Mohd Fakhrul Razi was arrested on Wednesday, a day after police detained PKR secretary-general Rafizi Ramli and Mohd Fariz Musa. PKR Youth chief Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who is a Selangor lawmaker, and Kelana Jaya PKR Youth leader Saifullah Zulkifli were also arrested earlier last week over the rally. Meanwhile, PKR vice-president and Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar is scheduled to give her statement to the police tomorrow over the rally. Yesterday, DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang accused Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar of declaring war on Pakatan Rakyat following the spate of arrests over the rally. UPDATE: 19/ 10/ 2015 Court sets Dec 21 to hear activists case over alleged participation in rally KUALA LUMPUR: The magistrate's court on Monday fixed December to hear an application by activists Adam Adli and Fariz Abdul Talib in relation to the unconstitutional issue over their charge for allegedly participating in #KitaLawan rally. Magistrate Mohd Rehan Mohan Aris set Dec 21 after Adam and Fariz's counsel Michelle Jesudas informed the court that she needed a next mention date to enable them to file the application to challenge the constitutionality of the relevant provisions under Peaceful Assembly Act 2012. Michelle also said it was also for them to file a representation on the charge against her clients. Magistrate Mohd Rehan then fixed Nov 30 for Adam and Fariz to file their defence and Dec 7 for the prosecution to file their reply. Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Raja Zaitul Faridah Wan Zaharudin told the court that they have given all documents to the defence. On Sept 8, Adam Adli and Fariz had claimed trial to taking part in a street protest from Sogo shopping mall through Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, which ended at Esplanade KLCC on Feb 28. They were charged under Section 4(2)(c) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 and were granted bail at RM500 in one surety each.
- Impact of Event
- 3
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Right to Protest
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Not active
- Event Location
Latitude: 3.1390029999999847
Longitude: 101.686855
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 15 March 2015, Mr. Teo Kok Seong, youth leader, Mr. Adam Adli Abdul Halim and Mr. Mandeep Singh, activists, have been remanded over the #KitaLawan rallies, following a police crackdown on the rallies' organisers.