Two vigil participants to be charged in court tomorrow

Two women – Selangor DAP women’s wing secretary Nalina Nair and another participant of the candlelight vigil in Dataran Merdeka last Thursday, Sujatra Jayaraj – will be charged at the Kuala Lumpur High Court tomorrow in relation to their arrest on the night of the vigil.

Nalina said the two of them will be charged under Section 90 of the Police Act 1967, which 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.”

They face a fine not exceeding...