P.UTHAYAKUMAR’s Applications for release of his passport and to enable him to seek medical treatment overseas and bail reduction from RM50,000.00

23th June 23, 2009

This morning the KL High Court Judge Zainal Azman (Criminal No.5), heard HINDRAF Makkal Sakthi Legal Adviser P.Uthayakumar’s application for a revision (appeal) that his passport be returned to him in order for him to also seek medical treatment in particular for his heart condition in London. A medical report from a London cardiologist was submitted to court. The following points were also submitted in court by P.Uthayakumar’s lawyer N.Surendren:-

1) This sedition charge is a bailable charge.

2) Article 8 of The Federal Constitutions provides for equality before the law.

3) In prominent lawyer Karpal Singh’s Sedition trial a bail of mere RM2000.00 was imposed and his passport was never impounded.

4) N.Surendren also applied for P.Uthayakumar’s RM50,000.00 bail to be reduced to RM2,000.00 and his passport not to be impounded.

5) In any event P.Uthayakumar also for this Sedition charge has already served 514 days of imprisonment under the ISA without even any charge, judicial hearing or conviction.

6) On the alleged restriction placed on P.Uthayakumar is release from ISA, lawyer N.Surendren replied that P.Uthayakumar did not sign or accept of even hear the condition being read out to him at the KEMTA ISA prison in Kemunting. For refusing to do so P.Uthayakumar was in fact literally thrown out of KEMTA prison where he also sustained injuries to his left leg.

Speaking to reporters outside the court room P.Uthayakumar reiterated that he is not frightened of UMNO and their Attorney General’s prison or lock-ups. Meanwhile during court proceedings N.Surendren submitted that it was not HINDRAF but the Home Minister Hishamuddin Hussien who is the extremist in reply to Deputy Public Prosecutor Noorin Badaruddin tendering of the Home Minister’s order describing HINDRAF as an extremist group.

The court reserved Judgement to 10^th July 2009.

Reported by

S.JAYATHAS

HINDRAF Makkal Sakthi