The Kuala Lumpur High Court today ruled that the police had acted ultra vires (beyond powers) to impose a condition that prohibited the Malaysian Bar Council’s assembly and march in 2022.

The Walk for Judicial Independence was to protest the MACC’s announcement of an investigation into Court of Appeal judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, which was considered an interference with the judiciary’s independence and a violation of the basic principle of separation of powers.

Today, Judicial Commissioner Gan Techiong held that the Peaceful Assembly Act...