Teratai 16: Police bail extended
Published: Jun 10, 2009 5:30 PM | Updated: Jun 10, 2009 7:42 PM
The police today have extended the bail for the 16 arrested and detained last month for allegedly holding an illegal assembly outside the Teratai service centre.
updated 7.39pm
The police have extended the bail for the 16 arrested and detained last month - including Teratai state rep Jenice Lee - for allegedly holding an illegal assembly.
The police today have extended the bail for the 16 arrested and detained last month for allegedly holding an illegal assembly outside the Teratai service centre.
They were told to report to the Ampang police headquarters on July 9 as the Attorney-General has yet to decide on whether to press charges against them.
Teratai state assemblyperson Jenice Lee, DAP leader Lim Kit Siang's personal assistant Lim Swee Kuan and MPAJ councillor S Supiramany were among the 16 arrested last month.
After the arrest, Lim had said they merely walked out of the service center with candles and a birthday cake to celebrate his 26th birthday when the police dragged and shoved them into a police truck.
The 16 were held under a two-day remand order which was obtained at the Ampang Magistrate's Court. They were released on police bail three days later and ordered to report back to the Ampang district police headquarters today.
During that time, the police also raided the DAP headquarters in Petaling Jaya, bringing along Ulu Selangor councillor Ooi Leng Heng, who was one of the 16 held.
They confiscated his computer monitor, keyboard, headphone, a number of CDs and a CPU (central processing unit).
What are they still probing?
Lee, when contacted, was disappointed with the extension of the police bail.
She said that the entire police act - from the arrest to the four-day detention and now the bail extension - was unjustified and unprecedented in the country.
"It is a first achievement in Malaysia. There is no basis for this and it shows that the police suffer from inefficiency," she explained.
Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai was also equally dismayed and disappointed with the bail extension.
"After 20 days of investigation, they are still undecided. This is a clear cut matter and it shows that they are inefficient," he said.
When asked on the arrests last month, Tan said that it was an abuse of power, a blatant transgression of law and total disregard for the local community.
"The Ampang police had gone overboard - as if conducting an operation against hardcore criminals by closing a few roads leading to the service centre.
"The heavy presence of police during the arrest had caused inconvenience, discomfort and fear among the local community," he said.
Big fuss over a small matter
Tan also condemned the police for raiding the DAP headquarters and confiscating material deemed to be offensive.
"Never in Malaysian history has a political organisation ever been raided for distributing one small leaflet that is not sensitive or seditious in content.
"The leaflet is merely requests for the Perak state government to be dissolved. The Inspector General of Police owes us an explanation," he said.
Tan also called for the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission to be set up immediately to put an end to police arrogance and high handedness.
Meanwhile, Ulu Selangor councillor Ooi Leng Heng, who was among those arrested, said that the police were making a mountain out of a molehill.
"This is unacceptable. They should be concentrating on their backlogged cases instead of making a big fuss over such small matters," he told Malaysiakini.
They were told to report to the Ampang police headquarters on July 9 as the Attorney-General has yet to decide on whether to press charges against them.
Teratai state assemblyperson Jenice Lee, DAP leader Lim Kit Siang's personal assistant Lim Swee Kuan and MPAJ councillor S Supiramany were among the 16 arrested last month.After the arrest, Lim had said they merely walked out of the service center with candles and a birthday cake to celebrate his 26th birthday when the police dragged and shoved them into a police truck.
The 16 were held under a two-day remand order which was obtained at the Ampang Magistrate's Court. They were released on police bail three days later and ordered to report back to the Ampang district police headquarters today.
During that time, the police also raided the DAP headquarters in Petaling Jaya, bringing along Ulu Selangor councillor Ooi Leng Heng, who was one of the 16 held.
They confiscated his computer monitor, keyboard, headphone, a number of CDs and a CPU (central processing unit).
What are they still probing?
Lee, when contacted, was disappointed with the extension of the police bail.
She said that the entire police act - from the arrest to the four-day detention and now the bail extension - was unjustified and unprecedented in the country.
"It is a first achievement in Malaysia. There is no basis for this and it shows that the police suffer from inefficiency," she explained.
Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai was also equally dismayed and disappointed with the bail extension.
"After 20 days of investigation, they are still undecided. This is a clear cut matter and it shows that they are inefficient," he said.
When asked on the arrests last month, Tan said that it was an abuse of power, a blatant transgression of law and total disregard for the local community."The Ampang police had gone overboard - as if conducting an operation against hardcore criminals by closing a few roads leading to the service centre.
"The heavy presence of police during the arrest had caused inconvenience, discomfort and fear among the local community," he said.
Big fuss over a small matter
Tan also condemned the police for raiding the DAP headquarters and confiscating material deemed to be offensive.
"Never in Malaysian history has a political organisation ever been raided for distributing one small leaflet that is not sensitive or seditious in content.
"The leaflet is merely requests for the Perak state government to be dissolved. The Inspector General of Police owes us an explanation," he said.
Tan also called for the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission to be set up immediately to put an end to police arrogance and high handedness.Meanwhile, Ulu Selangor councillor Ooi Leng Heng, who was among those arrested, said that the police were making a mountain out of a molehill.
"This is unacceptable. They should be concentrating on their backlogged cases instead of making a big fuss over such small matters," he told Malaysiakini.
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