Sessions Court judge Abdul Rashid Daud ruled that the defence had failed to raise “reasonable doubt” on the prosecution’s case. “The five accused are fined RM2,000 each for the first charge, on illegal assembly, under Section 143 of the Penal Code.”

“The remaining 10 accused are fined RM4,000 each, for the second charge, of rioting under Section 147.”

If the protestors fail to pay their fines, warned the Judge, they will face a jail term between three to six months.

Badrul popularly known as Chegubard  Adam, Safwan and seven others were fined RM6,000 each as they faced two charges.

The other five participants in the illegal assembly were fined RM2,000 each.

Chegubard and Adam, along with 31 others, were charged at the Sessions Court in July 2013 for joining an illegal assembly, and calling for the resignation of the heads and members of the Election Commission (EC).

At the end of prosecution, 18 accused were acquitted and discharged by the court without calling for their defence.

Suhaimi Ibrahim appeared for the prosecution while the 15 accused were represented by Haijan Omar, Radzlan Jalaludin, and G. Sivamalar.

Haijan and Radzlan said they will be appealing for their clients who were fined on the two charges.