Selangor exco member Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad was recharged under the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA) 2012, just a day after he was acquitted of the same offence, the Kuala Lumpur High Court heard today.

This is despite the Court of Appeal having ruled two weeks earlier, on April 25, 2014, that Section 9(5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 (PAA), which punishes those who do not give 10 days' notice before holding an assembly, was unconstitutional.

Nik Nazmi, who is also PKR Youth chief, said this amounted to malicious prosecution and misfeasance in public office by the then attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail...