Unlike Puspawati Rosman, this protesters does not know his rights so he gets to ride a police lorry. - Picture by Choo Choy May
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 – Legal Aid lawyer Puspawati Rosman thought it was going to be just another day, watching over protesters who turned up for the anti-ISA rally in the city centre. She was wrong.
The police who turned up to head off a rally against the security law took an interest in her as she began distributing Bar Council pamphlets on “Police and Your Rights” to people near the Masjid Jamek Light Rail Transit (LRT) station.
They stopped and detained her, making her among the 60-odd held up to 12.30pm around the city for suspected involvement in a rally planned for 2pm.
But she knew her rights, all laid down in the sheaf of pamphlets in her hands as she talked to the police.
Police also kept journalists there away from her while her colleagues negotiated to free her. Minutes later, she was free. She knew her rights.
But the police are still continuing to detain others – who may or may not know their rights – as more stream into the city despite closed roads and heavy police presence.
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