Jannie Lasimbang has been charged in the Magistrate Court in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah on 21/10/2015 under Section 9(5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 - yet another blow against our fundamental rights to organize and participate in Peaceful Assemblies in Malaysia. {See also statement by BERSIH in Bahasa Malaysia below]
Malaysia enacted the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 - but this was a bad law that further eroded our right to peaceful assembly...
When say, the Israeli bomb and kill thousands of Palestinians and we in Malaysia want to express our protest.... which really should be done immediately - not 1 week later and certainly not more than 10 days later. Hence, the stupidity of having a law that says that "ten days before the date of an assembly, notify the Officer in charge of the police District in which the assembly is to be held". Peaceful Assembly is usally a quick and urgent response..
Malaysia enacted the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 - but this was a bad law that further eroded our right to peaceful assembly...
When say, the Israeli bomb and kill thousands of Palestinians and we in Malaysia want to express our protest.... which really should be done immediately - not 1 week later and certainly not more than 10 days later. Hence, the stupidity of having a law that says that "ten days before the date of an assembly, notify the Officer in charge of the police District in which the assembly is to be held". Peaceful Assembly is usally a quick and urgent response..
Sec. 9 Notification of assembly [PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY ACT 2012]
(1) An organizer shall, ten days before the date of an assembly, notify the Officer in charge of the police District in which the assembly is to be held.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to-
(a) an assembly which is to be held at a designated place of assembly; and(3) If the assembly is a religious assembly or a funeral procession, the organizer may inform the Officer in charge of the police District in which the assembly or procession is to be held; and may, if assistance is needed to maintain traffic or crowd control, request for such assistance.
(b) any other assemblies as may be specified in the Third schedule.
(4) The notification under subsection (1) shall be given to the Officer in charge of the police District in which the assembly is to be held by A.R. registered post or courier or by hand.
(5) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit.
Sabah’s ‘Iron Lady’ claims trial for Bersih rally
By:
Sandra Sokial
Sandra Sokial
Bersih Sabah chairperson Jannie Lasimbang was charge under Section
9(5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act for failing to provide a 10-day notice
for each of the two days the public gathering was held on Aug 29 and
30. — TRP file pic
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 21, 2015:
Bersih Sabah chairperson Jannie Lasimbang
became the first activist charged in the Magistrate’s Court today for
organising the controversial state-level illegal rally here two months
back.
The 53-year-old, who is also dubbed as
Sabah’s ‘Iron Lady’, pleaded not guilty to the two charges framed under
the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA) 2012 before magistrate Cindy McJuce
Balitus.
In the main charge under Section 9(5) of
the Act, Lasimbang was accused of failing to provide a 10-day notice for
each of the two days the public gathering was held on Aug 29 and 30.
She was also read an alternative charge
under Section 15(3) of the Act for organising the event without
fulfilling all instructions ordered by the Kota Kinabalu police chief
Assistant Commissioner M. Chandra on both days.
If convicted under either charge, Lasimbang faces a maximum fine of RM10,000.
The case was prosecuted by deputy public
prosecutor Chow Siang Kong, who asked for bail to be set at RM5,000, but
Lasimbang’s counsel, Ram Singh, urged the court to set bail at RM500.
“My client’s family is in Sabah. She is a
former Suhakam (Malaysian Human Rights Commission) commissioner and a
true Sabahan. She is not likely to abscond,” he told the court.
Balitus ordered Lasimbang to post bail of
RM3,000 with a deposit of RM1,000 for each charge, and set the date for
case management on Nov 13, and trial on Nov 23 and 24.
The overnight rally from Aug 29 to 30 was
held along Kota Kinabalu’s Likas bay esplanade and saw some 3,000 in
attendance on the first day.
It ended two hours shy of its 24-hour
target after a police barricade stopped some 500 rally participants from
walking towards the city.
The Bersih 4 Kota Kinabalu (B4KK) were
halfway to their targeted destination — the Kota Kinabalu City Hall
building — to hand over a memorandum asking for their rights to hold a
peaceful assembly in a public space.
Chandra had said numerous times that the
rally was unlawful, issuing stern warnings that action would be taken
against its organisers and participants for taking part in the illegal
rally. - Rakyat Post, 21/10/2015
Sabah Bersih organiser to be charged for Merdeka Day rally
Tuesday October 20, 2015
06:15 PM GMT+8
06:15 PM GMT+8
A post on Bersih Sabah’s Facebook page today said that the movement’s
state chairman, Jannie Lasimbang, is expected to be charged under
Section 9(5) of the PAA for failing to give sufficient notice to the
police before organising the rally.
Lasimbang, in confirming the case, said she was informed that she is
the only person who attended the rally who will be charged.
City police chief assistant commissioner M. Chandra was previously
reported as saying numerous times that the rally was unlawful and had
warned action against its organisers as well as participants under
Section 4(2)(c) of the same Act for organising and participating in a
street protest.
The rally, along Kota Kinabalu’s Likas bay esplanade ended two hours
shy of its 24-hour target after a police barricade stopped some 500
rally participants from walking towards the city on the eve of Merdeka
Day.
They were roughly at the halfway mark of reaching their targeted
destination of the Kota Kinabalu City Hall building to hand over a
memorandum asking for their rights to hold a peaceful assembly in a
public space.- Malay Mail, 21/10/2015
- See more at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/sabah-bersih-organiser-to-be-charged-for-merdeka-day-rally#sthash.tGnbxhr7.dpuf
Bersih 4: Naib Pengerusi Bersih Sabah didakwa!
October 21, 2015
Kenyataan Media – 21 Oktober 2015
Bersih 4: Naib Pengerusi Bersih Sabah didakwa!
Naib Pengerusi Gabungan Pilihanraya Bersih & Adil
(BERSIH 2.0) Sabah, Jannie Lasimbang didakwa di bawah Seksyen 9(5) Akta
Perhimpunan Aman di Mahkamah Majistret Kota Kinabalu Sabah, hari ini.
BERSIH 2.0 justeru menyatakan solidariti bersama Jannie dan
mengutuk pendakwaan ke atas beliau atas alasan gagal mengemukakan notis
10 hari menurut Akta tersebut.
Jannie merupakan individu pertama yang didakwa di bawah
Akta Perhimpunan Aman ekoran perhimpunan aman Bersih 4 yang turut
berlangsung di Kota Kinabalu pada 29 dan 30 Ogos lalu.
Sebelum ini, Jannie sudah pun disoal siasat bersama sebahagian penganjur, sukarelawan dan pemidato sebaik sahaja acara di Kota Kinbabalu selesai.
BERSIH 2.0 menjangkakan bahawa ramai lagi akan turut
didakwa di bawah Akta Perhimpunan Aman ekoran keputusan Mahkamah Rayuan
awal bulan ini bahawa peruntukan Seksyen 9(5) Akta tersebut adalah tidak
bersalahan dengan Perlembagaan.
Mahkamah bertingkah dengan penghakimannya sebelum ini dalam
kes Nik Nazmi bahawa keperluan notis 10 hari menurut Akta tersebut
adalah tidak berpatutan dan bercanggah dengan asas hak asasi yang
digariskan Perlembagaan.
BERSIH 2.0 menyifatkan pendakwaan terpilih ke atas Jannie
dan barangkali beberapa aktivis lagi adalah sebahagian daripada usaha
untuk terus menakut-nakutkan orang ramai daripada menyatakan bantahan
salah laku pihak berwajib.
BERSIH 2.0 turut melihat pendakwaan ini sebagai satu lagi
serangan ke atas hak membantah, dan rakyat Malaysia yang telah
menyatakan sokongan mereka terhadap hak membantah melalui perhimpunan
Bersih 4 akan terus berjuang menegakkan hak membantah.
Meski Menteri Pelancongan, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz
dalam satu kenyataan semalam menyebut bahawa negara membenarkan
demonstrasi aman, apa yang jelas ialah walaupun wujud kebebasan untuk
berhimpun, nampaknya seakan tiada kebebasan selepas berhimpun.
Jawatankuasa Pemandu BERSIH 2.0, yang terdiri daripada –
Pengerusi: Maria Chin Abdullah; Timbalan Pengerusi: Sarajun Hoda
Abdul Hassan; Bendahari: Masjaliza Hamzah; wakil kebangsaan: Prof Madya
Dr Abdul Halim bin Yusof, Farhana binti Abdul Halim, Fadiah Nadwa Fikri
dan New Sin Yew; naib pengerusi: Ahmad b. Awang Ali (Sarawak), Abd Halim
b. Wan Ismail (Semenanjung Timur), Thomas Fann (Semenanjung Selatan),
Simon Lee Ying Wai (Semenanjung Tengah) dan Dato’ Dr Toh Kin Woon
(Semenanjung Utara).
Source: BERSIH Website
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