{"id":1132,"date":"2009-10-28T12:13:46","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T04:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buletinonline.net\/v7\/index.php\/2009\/10\/give-gobalakrishnan-his-pants-back-police-told\/"},"modified":"2009-10-28T12:13:46","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T04:13:46","slug":"give-gobalakrishnan-his-pants-back-police-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/give-gobalakrishnan-his-pants-back-police-told\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Gobalakrishnan his pants back, police told"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\"><strong>SEBERANG PRAI (Oct 28, 2009) :<\/strong> The magistrates\u2019 court today ordered police to return the torn trousers and belt worn by Padang Serai MP N. Gobalakrishnan during an incident at the Permatang Pasir by-election nominations centre in August. <\/font><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" align=\"left\" bordercolor=\"silver\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sun2surf.com\/images\/sun2surf\/articles\/39517\/Gobalakrishnan.jpg\" border=\"2\" \/><br \/><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"1\" color=\"#800000\"><strong>N. Gobalakrishnan<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Bukit Mertajam magistrate Mohd Azhar Hamzah gave police two weeks to return the items to Gobalakrishnan.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">He said since the prosecution had not made a decision on using the apparel as evidence, the items were to be returned to Gobalakrishnan, who is the accused, according to Section 20 of the Criminal Procedure Code. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Gobalakrishnan was not present in court as he was attending Parliament in Kuala Lumpur.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">His counsel J.M. Martin had earlier filed an application to the court to return the items Gobalakrishnan had worn on the day of the incident.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">&#8220;We believe we have won a small battle by securing the pants and belt as they are going to be important evidence in preparation for our defence,&#8221; Martin told reporters outside the court.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">In August, Gobalakrishnan claimed trial for allegedly attacking and using violence against a police officer, M. Karunamuthi, in front of the National Youth Skills Institute (IKBN) on Jalan Berapit, Kubang Semang, where by-election nominations were being held on Aug 17.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">He is charged under Section 353 of the Penal Code for using criminal force against a public servant. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">The hearing continues from March 8 to 10, next year. &#8211; The Sun<br \/><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEBERANG PRAI (Oct 28, 2009) : The magistrates\u2019 court today ordered police to return the torn trousers and belt worn by Padang Serai MP N. Gobalakrishnan during an incident at the Permatang Pasir by-election nominations centre in August. N. Gobalakrishnan Bukit Mertajam magistrate Mohd Azhar Hamzah gave police two weeks to return the items to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"better_featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}