Kampung Bunga Raya longhouse residents' recent peaceful protest saw the arrest of an NGO leader, leading the residents to hand a memorandum to the IGP today in protest of the arrest.
KUALA LUMPUR: Led by NGO Malaysian Tamilan Today, Kampung Bunga Raya longhouse residents submitted a memorandum to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) at Bukit Aman today in protest of the NGO vice-president’s recent arrest.
Insp Nurleen Hannah Abdullah of the Communications Department of the Police Headquarters, Bukit Aman received the memorandum on behalf of the IGP, from the 20 residents who turned up.
In the memorandum, the group demanded an explanation from the police over the arrest of the NGO vice-president K. Gunasekaran during a peaceful assembly at the settlement on Monday.
The assembly was held to protest their eviction from the longhouse which was supposed to be their temporary shelter after they were uprooted from their homes also in the area for development with the promise that low-cost flats would be built for and sold to them at a discount.
The 118 families had been squatting at the longhouse for 22 years without the promised low-cost flats in sight and moves from the government, political parties and developer to resolve the issue.
A police officer who turned up at the event told the crowd to disperse, which led to a squabble between Gunasekaran and the officer when the former asked for his identification, leading to the former’s arrest.
Following Gunasekaran’s arrest, 23 longhouse dwellers lodged a police report against the police themselves for what they claimed were police intimidation and unlawful arrest.
Following his arrest, Gunasekaran urged he IGP to investigate the matter claiming that the police was abetting the developer in oppressing the longhouse residents.
KUALA LUMPUR: Led by NGO Malaysian Tamilan Today, Kampung Bunga Raya longhouse residents submitted a memorandum to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) at Bukit Aman today in protest of the NGO vice-president’s recent arrest.Insp Nurleen Hannah Abdullah of the Communications Department of the Police Headquarters, Bukit Aman received the memorandum on behalf of the IGP, from the 20 residents who turned up.
In the memorandum, the group demanded an explanation from the police over the arrest of the NGO vice-president K. Gunasekaran during a peaceful assembly at the settlement on Monday.
The assembly was held to protest their eviction from the longhouse which was supposed to be their temporary shelter after they were uprooted from their homes also in the area for development with the promise that low-cost flats would be built for and sold to them at a discount.
The 118 families had been squatting at the longhouse for 22 years without the promised low-cost flats in sight and moves from the government, political parties and developer to resolve the issue.
A police officer who turned up at the event told the crowd to disperse, which led to a squabble between Gunasekaran and the officer when the former asked for his identification, leading to the former’s arrest.
Following Gunasekaran’s arrest, 23 longhouse dwellers lodged a police report against the police themselves for what they claimed were police intimidation and unlawful arrest.
Following his arrest, Gunasekaran urged he IGP to investigate the matter claiming that the police was abetting the developer in oppressing the longhouse residents.
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