Bersih chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah failed in her bid today to strike out a charge under the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA) for failing to notify police on the holding of the Bersih 4 rally last August.

Maria’s application was dismissed by the High Court in in Kuala Lumpur which found that she failed to notify the Brickfields district police chief on a pre-rally gathering outside the Nu Sentral Mall in Brickfields.