Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin, Bersih 2.0 chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah and activist Mandeep Singh were granted discharge not amounting to acquittal for taking part in the 2015 Kita Lawan rally.

Today was initially fixed for the first day of hearing after various applications to challenge the constitutionality of Section 4(3) of the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA).

However, the deputy public prosecutor for the case was not in attendance, which resulted in lawyer Gooi Hsiao-Leung, representing Sim, as well as Arina Ong, Amer Hamzah Arshad and Rajsurian Pillai, representing Maria, Mandeep and Jingga 13 coordinator Fariz Musa, applying for a discharge not amounting to acquittal...