PUTRAJAYA: PKR’s Batu MP Tian Chua has been jailed for a month after he withdrew his appeal before the Court of Appeal on Friday. On Friday, the PKR vice-president withdrew his appeal and dismissed his lawyers before delivering a statement from inside the dock. The panel chaired by Court of Appeal judge Justice Moktaruddin Baki accepted Tian Chua's withdrawal, saying it was his right under the law. The facts of the case are that in the early morning hours of April 29, 2012, the police ordered Tian Chua and other Bersih 3 participants who had been arrested the day before to leave Pulapol. Tian Chua was then arrested for failing to leave Pulapol.

Source: thestar September 29, 2017 03:35 UTC