Three PKR leaders want the High Court in Kuala Lumpur to refer a question on the constitutionality of street protests to the Federal Court.

This came in the case of Teja assemblyperson Chang Lih Kang, Semambu assemblyperson Lee Chean Chung and former political secretary to PKR vice-president Tian Chua, Rozan Azen Mat Rasip, who are charged under the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA) for taking part in a rally.

Today, their lawyer Eric Paulsen cited last year's Federal Court ruling when he told Justice Azman Abdullah that such a constitutional question should be referred, since the magistrate's court had ruled there is a prima facie case...