The Attorney General’s Chambers drops its review application, leaving the Federal Court’s decision decriminalising public assembly notice requirements intact
The KL magistrates’ court acquitted activist Amir Hadi after the Federal Court ruled last month that it was unconstitutional to criminalise organisers for not giving police 5 days’ notice for a peaceful assembly
Tengku Maimun, who led the five-judge panel, said the section constituted a ‘disproportionate interference’ and was a prohibition rather than restriction on rights
