DAP Teratai assemblyperson Jenice Lee today slammed the police, saying the police violated her rights and harassed her during her recent detention.

jenice lee release on bail 240509 03 Lee, who was just released on police bail yesterday, alleged that the police asked her to change into the lock-up uniform in a room equipped with CCTV, where the people outside can see what is happening in the room.

“As a woman and a people’s representative, how can I change my clothes under the monitor of the CCTV?” said an outraged Lee.

She said she complained to the police immediately, and then they brought her to another room without CCTV to change.

Lee revealed this today in a meeting with the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) commissioner Khoo Kay Kim.

Lee, who is also the DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) deputy chief, was accompanied by DAPSY chief Anthony Loke Siew Fook and about 10 detainees of the Teratai candlelight vigil.

'Did they intend to see me naked?'

Lee and 15 others were released on police bail yesterday after spending three nights in the police lock-up.

They were arrested on Thursday night for holding an alleged illegal assembly.

jenice lee release on bail 240509 05 Lee also accused the police of “harassing” her by allowing a few policemen to enter her detention room.

“When I saw one policeman entering the female detainees’ room, I warned him immediately, but he claimed that he was only standing by the side of the door.

“They even stood outside my room chatting. What if I was having a bath at that time? Did they intend to see me naked? Or did they want to take my naked picture?” she asked angrily.

Lee also criticised the police for not giving her a toothbrush, the reason being “a toothbrush is a weapon”.

Meanwhile, Ulu Selangor councillor Ooi Leng Heng, who was also arrested in the same event, said the police never informed the DAP staff before raiding its headquarters.

Fight in the detainees’ room

The police brought Ooi along in the raid on the DAP headquarters last Saturday.

dap raid 230509 detainee police writing Ooi said he had a discussion with the police before the raid, and the police did not tell him that it was a raid.

“The police only said they want to look at my office. I asked to see my lawyer and inform the DAP staff, but the police rejected my request,” said Ooi.

He also claimed that he saw a fight in the detainees’ room, where one of the detainee opened the door and let two outsiders come in to beat another detainee.

When commenting on this, Loke urged Suhakam to take immediate action to investigate the various incidents in the detainees’ room.

Khoo promised to bring this issue up in the Suhakam monthly meeting.

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