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Three key leaders of Hindraf were today discharged without being acquitted by the Klang Sessions Court from the sedition charge they faced. Judge Zunaidah Mohd Idris ordered the discharge as the prosecution had failed to submit the Tamil translation of the alleged seditious remarks made by P Uthayakumar, P Waythamoorthy and V Ganapathy Rao. The trio were charged under Section 4 (1B) of the Sedition Act on Friday based on police investigations pertaining to reports lodged against them in relation to their speeches made at a recent forum in Batang Berjuntai, Selangor. However the cased was adjourned to today after there were some discrepancies in the charge sheet and the prosecutors submissions. Hindraf legal adviser Uthayakumar and lawyer Ganapathy were released on a RM800 bail while the moverment’s chairperson Waythamoorthy refused to the bail offer as a mark of protest. Translation not clear This morning Sessions judge Zunaidah told the prosecutors that she was not convinced with the seditious charge levelled against the trio. “…the translation given too is not clear,” she said. She however said that the prosecution can file a recharge against the Hindraf leaders. The court ruling today allows the prosecution to bring the trio back to court to be recharged as they have not been acquitted. PKR’s de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim and DAP’s secretary general Lim Guan Eng were among political leaders who were present in the court today. A strong crowd of about 100 inside the courtroom erupted in cheers when the judge discharged the accused persons. A larger crowd – estimated to be around 4,000 – had gathered outside the court, watched by an equally strong presence of the Federal Reserve Unit. The 'victory' parade is now slowly moving toward a Hindu temple located a few kilometres away. |
