‘Red Shirt’ leader Jamal, 9 others charged with rioting


SUNGAI Besar Umno division chief Jamal Md Yunos and nine others have been charged with rioting two counts of rioting and disrupting the peace at a Bersih roadshow in Ampang last year.

The nine are Reza Jamin, Ariffin Abu Bakar, Mohd Shabudin Abu Hassan, Izzrul Idris, Hasannen Zikri Harizan, Mohd Faiz Amirul Mahsan, Mohd Yusoff Mohd Sharif, Abd Razak Hassan and R. Balaguru.

Sessions Court judge Rushan set bail at RM3,000 in one surety each, pending mention on May 3.

Jamal and his Red Shirts supporters had on November 13 allegedly taunted Ampang lawmaker Zuraida Kamaruddin and her Bersih supporters.

Jamal was left with a bloody nose after a confrontation with a man in a Bersih T-shirt before police stepped in. – April 13, 2017.


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