KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court will set the date for the trial of 17 people charged with participating in last year’s illegal Bersih rally on Friday.
This follows an application for a postponement by lawyer Mohd Khairuddin Othman who represented 15 of the accused yesterday.
He told Judge Rozana Ali Yusoff that lead counsel Hanifah Maidin and one of the accused Tian Chua, who is PKR information chief, could not turn up for yesterday's hearing.
Hanifah was in Kuala Terengganu to handle an election petition, he said.
Tian Chua’s lawyer Lai Chee Hoe said his client was in Parliament.
Also absent was lawyer G.K. Ganesan who is acting for another accused K. Gobalakrishnan. Gobalakrishnan said his counsel had other business to attend to.
Khairuddin said the defence also needed more time to scrutinise all documents relating to the case.
Rozana said all the lawyers must turn up in court on Friday but the 17 accused were excused.
The offence was allegedly committed in Jalan Istana Baru here on Nov 10, last year. – Bernama
This follows an application for a postponement by lawyer Mohd Khairuddin Othman who represented 15 of the accused yesterday.
He told Judge Rozana Ali Yusoff that lead counsel Hanifah Maidin and one of the accused Tian Chua, who is PKR information chief, could not turn up for yesterday's hearing.
Hanifah was in Kuala Terengganu to handle an election petition, he said.
Tian Chua’s lawyer Lai Chee Hoe said his client was in Parliament.
Also absent was lawyer G.K. Ganesan who is acting for another accused K. Gobalakrishnan. Gobalakrishnan said his counsel had other business to attend to.
Khairuddin said the defence also needed more time to scrutinise all documents relating to the case.
Rozana said all the lawyers must turn up in court on Friday but the 17 accused were excused.
The offence was allegedly committed in Jalan Istana Baru here on Nov 10, last year. – Bernama
