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Friday, 2 July 2010

Court allows housewife to cite IGP for contempt

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court today allowed a housewife to cite Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan for contempt after police rearrested her despite being freed by the court in May this year.

Justice Ghazali Cha granted the ex-parte application filed by Lim Mui Cheng, 42, of Muar, who is currently being detained at the Batu Gajah Rehabilitation Centre for alleged drug trafficking.

Her counsel N Sivananthan said the notice would be served on Musa today.

On May 25, Justice Mohd Sofian Abd Razak allowed her writ of habeas corpus application on the ground of irregularities in her detention and ordered for Lim to be produced in court on May 27 to be freed.

However, she was rearrested after she stepped out of the court.

Lim was arrested along with her husband, son and her son's girlfriend on suspicion of drug trafficking in a raid at a house in Taman Mawar in Muar on April 27.

The housewife was placed in custody at the Johor Jaya police station under the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act while the others were freed within two days of the raid.

- Bernama

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