Two women – Selangor DAP women’s wing secretary Nalina Nair and Sujatra Jayaraj – has claimed trial to a charge under Section 90 of the Police Act 1967 in connection with their arrests during the candlelight vigil in Dataran Merdeka last Thursday.<br /><br />The duo separately appeared before magistrates Tawfiq Affandy Chin and Wong Chai Sia in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon, according to their lead counsel Rajsurian Pillai.<br /><br />"The next dates for both cases have been set for Oct 1," Rajsurian told Malaysiakini when contacted.<br /><br />Section 90 of the Police Act states that "any person who, in a police station, behaves in a riotous, indecent, disorderly or insulting manner shall be guilty of an offence under this Act".
