Selangor state executive councillor Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who was charged three times by the Attorney-General's Chambers for the same offence, has again been acquitted, this time by the High Court in  Shah Alam.

In his decision today, judge Abdul Halim Aman said he was bound by the April 25 decision of the Court of Appeal, which had acquitted Nik Nazmi of organising a protest without giving prior notice.

In the Court of Appeal's landmark judgment, it also declared Section 9(5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act, which Nik Nazmi was charged under, to be unconstitutional.

The section criminalises spontaneous rallies and provides for a fine of up to RM10,000.

Nik Nazmi's lawyer N Surendran said he hoped there would be no more further attempts to charge his client who had "probably created history as the person most acquitted on the same charge".

In a Twitter posting after the High Court decision, Nik Nazmi said he will sue the attorney-general for charging him repeatedly "in bad faith".

"I have asked my lawyer to expedite the process of suing the attorney-general for malicious prosecution," he said.

Nik Nazmi was in May last year charged under the Peaceful Assembly Act for organising the Black 505 rally in Kelana Jaya to protest alleged irregularities in the 13th general election.

He subsequently challenged the constitutionality of the law and succeeded in the Court of Appeal.

However, the Attorney-General's Chambers in May this year re-charged Nik Nazmi in a sessions court in Petaling Jaya, which then granted Nik Nazmi a discharge not amounting to an acquittal.

The Attorney-General's Chambers appealed this, but Nik Nazmi was acquitted.

The chambers later appealed the Shah Alam High Court decision, which today acquitted the Seri Setia state assemblyperson.

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