PKR Youth chief and Seri Setia assemblyperson Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad will be able to contest the coming general election, with the Court of Appeal today dismissing a bid by the government to disqualify him.

A three-member panel of the court, led by Justice Mohtarudin Baki, this morning dismissed the prosecution's appeal to increase a fine of RM1,500 imposed on him by the High Court in Shah Alam on a charge under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.

"We find that the prosecution's appeal has no merit and is not manifestly inadequate," the panel ruled...