Judicial Commissioner Shariff Abu Samah set aside the Magistrate Court’s order which acquitted Lena in March at the end of the prosecution’s case.

“A prima facie case was made by the prosecution on the charge against her under Section 6(1)(b) of the Film Censorship Act ,” he ruled.

Earlier, he heard submissions by deputy public prosecutor Nurakmal Farhan Aziz and Edmund Bon, Lena’s lawyer.

The activist, according to the charge sheet, screened an uncensored film, “No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka” at the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce Hall on 3 July 2013.

Bon told reporters that Lena and he will beat the uncensored film charge. “We have a strong defence,” he said.

Lena failed to challenge the constitutionality of the Film Censorship Act last year.

The Federal Court ruled that a provision under the Act, i.e. prior approval by the censorship board, was constitutional.