The prosecution and defence’s oral arguments were supposed to be heard before magistrate Shahril Anuar Ahmad Mustapa today, but deputy public prosecutor Asma Zamri only submitted the required documents to the court at 11.15am.

Wong’s lawyer Shashi Devan told the court that they needed time to review the prosecution’s submission which was served this morning and prepare their arguments and replies.

Shahril then fixed May 7 as the new date for the hearing.

Wong is standing trial on a charge of disobeying an order from a public servant. The charge was framed under Section 188 of the Penal Code, which provides for a one-month jail term, a RM400 fine, or both.

The activist was arrested on Nov 7, 2020, when police raided the residence of fellow student activist Yap Wen Qing, in relation to an investigation into an article published by the Universiti Malaya Association of New Youth (Umany) concerning the role of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Wong had filmed the police’s actions during the raid with his mobile phone.

In October 2023, Shahril granted Wong a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) over the charge after the prosecution failed to present any of its five witnesses in court.

The High Court set aside the DNAA a month later and remitted the case back to the magistrates’ court to be fixed for mention.