Protest over Uthaya's treatment in prison

A group of Human Right Party activists protested outside Kajang Prison this afternoon over the treatment of its leader P Uthayakumar there.

Some 25 people held up placards demanding that prison authorities address  the alleged mistreatment of Uthayakumar.

Also present was Uthayakumar's wife, S Indra Devi who later submitted a memorandum for Prisons director-general Zulkifli Omar.

The memorandum was received by a prison representative.

When contacted, Indra (left) said her husband was still being placed in a "dark room" for his complaints of rights abuse in prison.

"He has to sleep on the floor without any blankets and his reading materials have been taken away," she said.

Uthayakumar had also complained of an alleged attempt to harm him in prison.

Uthayakumar was on June 5, 2013, sentenced to 30 months in prison under the Sedition Act 1948 by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for claiming ethnic cleansing against the Indian community.

His appeal against the sentencing at the Kuala Lumpur High Court was dismissed on Feb 18 this year and the case is now with the Court of Appeal.