The Star (Used by permission)
KUALA
LUMPUR: The Inspector-General of Police and Home Ministry have been
urged to review the detention of Sungai Siput MP Dr Michael Jeyakumar
Devaraj and five others under the Emergency Ordinance in relation to the
July 9 rally.
MIC
deputy president Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said the police had not shown
any convincing evidence that the six were involved in an armed struggle
to overthrow the Government.
Dr Subramaniam, who is Human Resources Minister, said there were confusing signals over their arrest.
They were arrested much earlier than the Bersih event while many others involved in the rally had not been arrested.
“Some of those arrested have been released,” he said in a statement.
Dr
Jeyakumar, M. Sukumaran, 50, A.P. Letchumanan, 49, Choo Chon Kai, 33,
M. Sarasvathy, 58, and R. Sarat Babu, 25, were arrested on July 2 as
they were seen as movers of the rally which was declared illegal by the
police. They are Socialist Party of Malaysia members.
Dr
Subramaniam said it would be best if the police reviewed the arrests,
adding that if a chargeable offence had been committed, they should be
brought to court as soon as possible.
He said their detention had caused a lot of uneasiness among Malaysians, urging that the matter be handled wisely.
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