'Gadis belon' mengaku tidak bersalah

Bilqis Hijjas, gadis yang melepaskan belon berwarna kuning di sebuah pusat membeli belah pada 31 Ogos lalu, didakwa pada Rabu atas tuduhan berkelakuan menghina bagi membangkitkan kemarahan.

Bilqis, 36 tahun, yang dikenali sebagai "Gadis Belon" itu mengaku tidak bersalah selepas pertuduhan terhadapnya dibacakan di hadapan majistret Nur Azura Murah.

Bagi kesalahan itu, Bilqis didakwa mengikut Seksyen 14 Akta Kesalahan Kecil 1955 yang boleh dikenakan denda sehingga RM100 jika sabit kesalahan.

Peguam Michelle Yesudas memohon mahkamah menetapkan jaminan antara RM100 dan RM150 terhadap anak guamnya.

Majistret kemudian membenarkan Bilqis diikat jamin RM500 dengan seorang penjamin dan menetapkan 26 Oktober untuk sebutan semula kes.

Keluarga tertuduh membayar jaminan terbabit.

Bilqis didakwa berkelakuan dengan cara menghina yang bertujuan membangkitkan kemarahan di mana keamanan mungkin terganggu di pusat beli-belah, di aras 5, Pavillion, Jalan Bukit Bintang, pada pukul 3.15 petang, 31 Ogos lalu.

Consider This: Transnational Repression (Part 2) — Are Our Governments Enabling It?

Authoritarian regimes don’t stop at their own borders—often reaching across countries to track, detain, and deport refugees, activists, and migrants. This is transnational repression: when a state extends its repression beyond its own beyond their borders to control or punish its citizens abroad. Malaysia and Thailand, two of Southeast Asia’s biggest hubs for migrants and refugees, have become key battlegrounds for transnational repression. With Malaysia helming ASEAN chair this year, what role does the region play in resisting, or enabling, transnational repression? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Krittaporn Semsantad, Programme Director at the Bangkok-based Peace Rights Foundation.

Consider This: Transnational Repression (Part 1) — Are Our Governments Enabling It?

Authoritarian regimes don’t stop at their own borders—often reaching across countries to track, detain, and deport refugees, activists, and migrants. This is transnational repression: when a state extends its repression beyond its own beyond their borders to control or punish its citizens abroad. Malaysia and Thailand, two of Southeast Asia’s biggest hubs for migrants and refugees, have become key battlegrounds for transnational repression. With Malaysia helming ASEAN chair this year, what role does the region play in resisting, or enabling, transnational repression? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Douglas Teoh, spokesperson from the End Transnational Repression Alliance.