KUALA LUMPUR — Umno’s Datuk Lokman Noor Adam and three others were charged with intent to cause hurt today over the fracas involving several Universiti Malaya students last Friday.
All four were charged under Section 323 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt. The charges were read together with Section 149 of the same law that makes all participants of an illegal assembly jointly liable for any offence committed.
Separately, Umno supreme council member Lokman was also charged under Section 426 of the Penal Code with causing mischief when he tore up a cut-out placard of Datuk Seri Najib Razak in clownface make-up that belonged to one of the students.
All four claimed trial. Bail was set at differing sums, with Lokman’s amounting to RM9,000 in total.
Last Friday, a group including Lokman confronted around seven students who protested against former prime minister Najib during a talk he held with supporters near Universiti Malaya’s grounds.
Lokman and several others were caught on video behaving aggressively towards the students when they refused to put down the placards they carried.
MALAY MAIL
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