Four Himpunan Hijau organisers to be charged

(The Star) – Four organising committee members of last year’s Himpunan Hijau Raub rally will be charged in court next week under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.

It is learnt two of them include the Anti-Cyanide Gold Mining Committee chairman Wong Kin Hoong and Raub PAS deputy commissioner Tengku Shahdan Tengku Jaafar.

According to Raub OCPD Supt Wan Mohd Samsudin Wan Osman, the police had just received a directive from the Attorney-General’s Chambers to press charges against the four.

Supt Wan Mohd Samsudin said investigations into the case had been completed some time ago and submitted to the Deputy Public Prosecutor for further action.

“We are only in charge of investigations into violation of the laws and it is up to the DPP to decide whether to proceed with the case,” he said.

Pahang DAP deputy organising secretary M. Selvarajah @ Raju confirmed that both Wong and Tengku Shahdan had informed the party that they would be charged on Aug 19 under Section 15 (3) of the Act.

Selvarajah said the move was politically motivated and questioned why the two were being charged nearly a year after the event.

“The charge is related to bringing underage children to attend the rally in Padang Milo, Jalan Bukit Koman on Sept 2, last year.

“Prior to the rally, we had already informed the public not to bring children through various mediums such as social media and news reports,” he said, adding that it was beyond their control if the public did not adhere to the advice.

Selvarajah, who is also the publicity secretary of the rally, urged the people to turn up in green attire to give moral support to the committee members facing charges.