Former Jingga 13 activist Mohd Fariz Musa was today granted discharge not amounting to acquittal by the Magistrates’ Court in Kuala Lumpur for participating in the Kita Lawan rally two years ago.

Fariz’s lawyer, Eric Paulsen, provided the prosecution with a letter of representation, in which he requested that the charges against his client be dropped owing to his medical condition.

The letter notes that Fariz suffers from diabetes, for which he receives dialysis three times a week, and has had a leg amputated...