PKR man is detained for an alleged tweet and numerous Facebook postings about the practices of cops in the Penang police force.
FMT
KULIM: Former PKR MP for Padang Serai N Gobalakrishnan was detained by police here today in connection with alleged tweets and Facebook postings accusing some police officers of allegedly protecting hardcore criminals in Penang.
The outspoken Gobalakrishnan was picked up at about 3.10pm at his house in Kulim Golf and Country Resort by a raiding team from George Town city police and taken to the station for his statement.
When contacted, Gobalakrishnan’s son Praveen confirmed his father’s arrest.
Earlier this morning, Penang CPO Senior Deputy Commissioner Abdul Rahim Hanafi told newsmen that Gobalakrishnan would be investigated for intentional insult to provoke a breach of peace under Section 504 of the Penal Code.
Praveen said Gobalakrishnan was first told by police this morning to come to the Jalan Patani police station in George Town to record his statement over his alleged tweet and Facebook postings.
However Praveen explained that his father turned down the request citing illness, and instead invited the police to come to his house instead to record his statement.
“However, the police raiding team, which arrived in two vehicles, detained him and took him to Penang,” Praveen told FMT.
It is learnt that the former PKR local leader made the postings regarding the police in the wake of a police swoop on 33 Indian youths in Penang, who were allegedly partying at a birthday bash.
Last week on February 6, Gobalakrishnan allegedly tweeted: “some Penang Indian police officers are strongly backing the 04 gang, which deals with drugs.”
In his February 4 Facebook posting, Gobalakrishnan allegedly said: “Many Indian youths are hardcore gangsters but when you see their background they would have been arrested for petty problems and badly handled by the police.
“The minute they were arrested they would have been exposed to the harshest conditions, ill treated by the arresting policemen, attacked day and night while in detention, beaten with PVC pipes to admit to many crimes that they did not commit and the policemen would use vulgar words each and every time in interrogation.”
Gobalakrishnan also related the case of a young boy who was arrested in a raid in Penang and allegedly abused continuously for five days by Indian policemen in Penang, then moved to a Kulim lock-up for a further five days of torture in detention.
Gobalakrishnan explained that while in Kulim, the young boy had made enemies with a corrupt policeman who allegedly protected real gangsters involved in criminal activities including drugs.
The former MP said the Indian community could not possibly expect this young boy to emerge unscathed from the abuse he suffered at the hands for the police for over 10 days.
“There is law in the country but not for these poor boys,” Gobalakrishnan said.
In his February 5 Facebook posting, he allegedly said, “What happens when it is the police that is committing the crime.
“The police must wake up and act on irresponsible officers who commit the crimes. Be fair to all (and) the police must be an example by not committing even the smallest crime.”
In a February 7 Facebook posting of his, Gobalakrishnan allegedly said: “Yesterday (February 6), I tweeted about corrupted policemen out to destroy the Malaysian community and the IGP told reporters that I will be called for investigation.
“The day is nearly going to end and the police have not contacted me but many reporters have been calling me since morning.
“Hope that the police do call me or it will be just as if IGP cakap kosong saja.”
FMT
KULIM: Former PKR MP for Padang Serai N Gobalakrishnan was detained by police here today in connection with alleged tweets and Facebook postings accusing some police officers of allegedly protecting hardcore criminals in Penang.
The outspoken Gobalakrishnan was picked up at about 3.10pm at his house in Kulim Golf and Country Resort by a raiding team from George Town city police and taken to the station for his statement.
When contacted, Gobalakrishnan’s son Praveen confirmed his father’s arrest.
Earlier this morning, Penang CPO Senior Deputy Commissioner Abdul Rahim Hanafi told newsmen that Gobalakrishnan would be investigated for intentional insult to provoke a breach of peace under Section 504 of the Penal Code.
Praveen said Gobalakrishnan was first told by police this morning to come to the Jalan Patani police station in George Town to record his statement over his alleged tweet and Facebook postings.
However Praveen explained that his father turned down the request citing illness, and instead invited the police to come to his house instead to record his statement.
“However, the police raiding team, which arrived in two vehicles, detained him and took him to Penang,” Praveen told FMT.
It is learnt that the former PKR local leader made the postings regarding the police in the wake of a police swoop on 33 Indian youths in Penang, who were allegedly partying at a birthday bash.
Last week on February 6, Gobalakrishnan allegedly tweeted: “some Penang Indian police officers are strongly backing the 04 gang, which deals with drugs.”
In his February 4 Facebook posting, Gobalakrishnan allegedly said: “Many Indian youths are hardcore gangsters but when you see their background they would have been arrested for petty problems and badly handled by the police.
“The minute they were arrested they would have been exposed to the harshest conditions, ill treated by the arresting policemen, attacked day and night while in detention, beaten with PVC pipes to admit to many crimes that they did not commit and the policemen would use vulgar words each and every time in interrogation.”
Gobalakrishnan also related the case of a young boy who was arrested in a raid in Penang and allegedly abused continuously for five days by Indian policemen in Penang, then moved to a Kulim lock-up for a further five days of torture in detention.
Gobalakrishnan explained that while in Kulim, the young boy had made enemies with a corrupt policeman who allegedly protected real gangsters involved in criminal activities including drugs.
The former MP said the Indian community could not possibly expect this young boy to emerge unscathed from the abuse he suffered at the hands for the police for over 10 days.
“There is law in the country but not for these poor boys,” Gobalakrishnan said.
In his February 5 Facebook posting, he allegedly said, “What happens when it is the police that is committing the crime.
“The police must wake up and act on irresponsible officers who commit the crimes. Be fair to all (and) the police must be an example by not committing even the smallest crime.”
In a February 7 Facebook posting of his, Gobalakrishnan allegedly said: “Yesterday (February 6), I tweeted about corrupted policemen out to destroy the Malaysian community and the IGP told reporters that I will be called for investigation.
“The day is nearly going to end and the police have not contacted me but many reporters have been calling me since morning.
“Hope that the police do call me or it will be just as if IGP cakap kosong saja.”
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