The High Court in Taiping today granted 13 PAS supporters a stay of execution on their two-year jail term for taking part in an illegal gathering in Kuala Kangsar four years ago.
Judicial commissioner Datuk Ahmad Nasfy Yasin, in granting the stay, allowed each accused bail of RM3,000 in one surety.
According to The Star online, Ahmad Nasfy also prohibited the accused from making any statement to the media or others about the case, pending their appeal.
The 13 supporters were found guilty by the Kuala Kangsar Sessions Court last Friday and sentenced to two years jail and RM5,000 fine in default six months jail each.
They were charged with committing the offence during the oath-taking and swearing-in ceremony of the Perak Menteri Besar at 3.30pm on Feb 6, 2009.
Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir was sworn in before Sultan Azlan Shah as thousands protested outside the Istana Iskandariah.
The 13 were alleged to have laid down on the road, hurled stones and water bottles in vain attempts to stop a convoy of cars from entering the palace compound.
The Pakatan Rakyat-led Perak State Government was toppled when three Pakatan assemblymen — two from PKR and one from DAP — left their respective parties to become Barisan Nasional-friendly independents. – September 19, 2013.
