‎#Justice4Oma solidarity Vigil tonight at 8pm, in front of Kajang Prison

Students/Mahasiswa groups have decided to #OccupyKajangPrison from 8pm tonight until Monday morning, when hopefully Umar will get his appeal hearing at the High Ct.

Umar was sentenced to 1 month jail & RM1,000 fine for ‘obstructing DBKL officer from carrying out his duty’, during the lead-up to BERSIH 3.0 in Dataran Merdeka in protesting for free education.

#OccupyDataran

‎#OD Update terkini:

Saudara Umar akan dibawa ke Penjara Kajang. Sila berkumpul dan berkhemah di hadapan Penjara Kajang pada pukul 8 malam hari ini.

Kumpulan2 Mahasiswa akan berada di sana. Sila sebarkan dan bawakan khemah sebagai tanda solidariti dengan Umar.

Terima kasih. 

Student sent to jail for obstructing public servant from discharging duty

(The Star)

– A final year student of a private college was sentenced to a month’s jail and fined RM1,000, in default a month’s jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here on Friday for obstructing a public servant from discharging his public functions.

Magistrate Zaki Asyraf Zubir ordered Umar Mohamad Azmi to serve the sentence from Friday.

Umar, 23, was charged with obstructing a Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) enforcement officer, Mohd Masran Mamat, 34, from discharging his duty by arresting a man at Dataran Merdeka, Jalan Raja here.

The offence was committed at 8.05am on April 23 this year.

Deputy public prosecutor Wong Chai Sia prosecuted, while Umar was represented by lawyer Syahredzan Johan.