
(File) Maria Chin Abdullah, center, chairwoman of the Bersih movement – a coalition for clean and fair elections. Pic: AP.
MARIA Chin Abdullah has been released after the leader of the Bersih 2.0 movement spent 11 days in detention under Malaysia’s Special Offences Special Measures Act 2012 (SOSMA) following her arrest the eve of the recent Bersih 5 rally.
Maria was being investigated under Section 124c of the Penal Code for engaging in activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy during her detention.
The electoral watchdog group confirmed the candlelight vigil scheduled for tonight at Dataran Merdeka will go on as planned and Maria will be in attendance.
The group, however, will not be gathering at the KL High Courts tomorrow, the day the courts were set to hear a habeas corpus application seeking her immediate release from detention. Read more