Prosecution, activist appeal in two criminal cases

Prosecutors have gone up to the High Court to nullify the verdicts in two criminal cases against former Universiti Malaya Association of New Youth (Umany) chairperson Wong Yan Ke.

One of the prosecution’s appeals targeted the Petaling Jaya Magistrate’s Court decision on Oct 4 to grant a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) over a charge of disobeying police orders to stop live recording a police raid three years ago.

The prosecutors’ other appeal is over the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate’s Court verdict on Oct 9 that...