Three PKR MPs :Arrested, then Released

Three opposition MPs and three others were arrested during a protest against the ISA detention of the Hindraf 5 outside the King’s palace today.

The three legislators held were PKR vice president Sivarasa Rasiah (Subang), PKR supreme council member S Manikavasagam (Kapar) and PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin (Ampang).

The others arrested were event organiser Lourdes Mary, human rights lawyer N Surendran and Zuraida’s special officer Salmah Ismail.

They were brought to the Brickfields police station for questioning. After spending more than two hours there, they were released at 12.30pm on police bail and must report to the police station on June 27.

Sivarasa sayed:
“They (police) didn’t want to listen to us, so we decide to let them arrest us,” he added.

“What we regret the most was that over 200 tourists were watching when the police were instructing us to leave. That clearly showed that Malaysia is a police state.”

Surendran sayed:
“The arrest was completely baseless as we were only standing there (outside the palace) before the actual crowd arrived. The next moment we were asked to evacuate the area. The arrest was clearly an abuse of power,”

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