Mohd Haijan Omar said the notice of appeal will be filed within 14 days as required under the law.
“My clients feel they have a legitimate defence to get an acquittal,” he told FMT.
Haijan said he had also submitted to the Sessions Court judge Unaizah Mohd in Kuantan for the accused to be put under a good behaviour bond but that too was rejected.
On Friday, Unaizah imposed a fine of between RM1,500 and RM1,600 on Wong and 14 others after finding the defence had failed to raise a reasonable doubt in the prosecution’s case.
Unaizah fined Wong Tack, 59, and nine others RM1,500, in default 30 days’ jail, for failing to obey police orders to disperse during the protest held on Jalan Bandaran, Gebeng, on June 22, 2014.
The nine others were Raymond Ng Abdullah, 43, Rapar Ahmad, 48, Ta Weng Seng, 43, Hew Kuan Yau, 48, Lee Khai Ming, 41, Tan Chee Hooi, 43, Zamri Zonal, 30, Thomas Wang, 59, and Chong Kong Yuen, 69.
Five other protesters — Phua Kia Yaw, 47, Wong Chee Wen, 48, Wong Chee Wai, 39, Foong Poh Choo, 40, and Ho Kam Huat, 48 — were convicted of using force to breach a police barricade.
They were fined RM1,600, in default 40 days’ jail.
Ho, who was also found guilty of using criminal force to obstruct a policeman from carrying out his duty, was fined an additional RM1,000, in default 20 days’ jail.
All paid their fines.
Wong Tack’s RM1,500 fine was below the RM2,000 threshold which would disqualify him as an MP.
Lynas is a rare earth plant in Kuantan that had drawn environmental concerns.