High Court issues warrant of arrest against Tian Chua
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here yesterday issued a warrant of arrest against Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice president Tian Chua after he failed to be present in court for case management of his appeal without a valid reason.
Tian Chua who is also Batu member of parliament is appealing against his conviction and sentence of three months and RM1,800 fine meted out by the Sessions Court on Sept 28, 2016, which found him guilty of making a seditious statement while giving a talk, four years ago.
Justice Datuk Mohd Sofian Abd Razak who issued the arrest warrant against Tian Chua, or Chua Tian Chang, 54, also set SEREMBAN: The Seremban Magistrate's Court yesterday gave a discharge not amounting to an acquittal to a teacher who had been accused of voluntarily causing hurt to a pupil last April.
Magistrate Mohd Zaki Abdul Rahman handed down the judgement on Azizan Manap, also known as Cikgu Azizan, 44, who had been charged with injuring the left cheek of an 11year-old male pupil of Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Semarak in Nilai near here at about 7 am on April 6.
Azizan, who was represented by counsel Francis Pereira, was moved by the decision of the court. - Bernama Jan 18, 2018 as the next case management date.
"The court on Oct 26 had acknowledged to the parties concerned to be present before the judge for the first case management.
"But today, the appellate counsel and the appellant are absent. As this is a criminal case, the appellant is required to be present. Because he has failed to be present, the court is issuing a warrant of arrest against the appellant,” said the judge.
Tian Chua committed the offence of sedition at the premises of the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Jalan Maharajalela, Dang Wangi here, between 8.55 pm and 11.15 pm on May 13, 2013.
Deputy public prosecutor Mohd Zain Ibrahim represented the prosecution at the proceeding yesterday. - Bernama
Teacher discharged of causing hurt to pupil