For Ayse Gul Karaman, her husband T Karaman is the "gentlest" human being, who would not even hurt an insect, let alone another human. 

Thus, his arrest by the police, purportedly for being involved in activities that threaten national security, boggles the mind of the 37-year-old Turkish housewife. 

"We have been here in Malaysia for almost 15 years, we are not involved in such activities. My husband is the gentlest human being and would not even hurt an insect. 

"We call Malaysia not our second home, but our first. Even the remains of our six unborn children (which Ayse had miscarried) are buried here," she said, while holding back tears. 

She was met on the sidelines of the hearing of Ismet Ozcelik, at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court.

Ismet, a Turkish university director, was arrested by immigration officers on Dec 13 last year, despite having a valid social visit pass. He was then charged with four others, with obstructing a public officer. 

Lawyer Muhammad Faizal Faiz Mohd Hasani also questioned the manner Karaman was taken by the authorities, as he went to meet Ismet's son Suheyl at a law firm in Damansara, yesterday evening. 

Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar had tweeted that Karaman and another Turkish national, I Aslan, had been detained under Section 130 of the Penal Code for activities that threaten national security. 

The incident was captured on CCTV and the footage was made available to Malaysiakini. 

Karaman, 47, who is a principal of an international school, was supposed to appear as a witness in Ismet's criminal trial in Malaysia, and the latter's son Suheyl had lodged a police report on the incident.

Aslan's wife Ainnurul Aisyah Yunos Ali Maricar, a Malaysian, said she noticed her husband went missing after she failed to contact him yesterday evening.

When she tried to track him down through GPS, the signal showed that his location was at Jalan Maktab, near the Defence Ministry, but the signal went off soon afterwards. 

"Until now, I do not know where he is and I worry for his safety. This is especially after reports that some Turkish nationals here have been abducted and deported back to Turkey," she said. 

According to her, she and Aslan had been married for 10 years and have three children, including a 10-year-old special needs child. 

"They (the children) are yet to know their father is missing," she said in between sobs, adding that her husband was not involved in any form of illegal activity. 

The couple are operating a shop selling tudung in Kuala Lumpur. 

Meanwhile, lawyers Chethan Jethwani and Faizal applied that the charge faced by Ismet and four others are defective. 

Following this, magistrate Siti Radziah Kamaruddin fixed May 19 for mention. 

DPP K Vasugi appeared for the prosecution. 

Immigration officers, had on Dec 13 last year, gone to the condominium where Ismet was staying and tried to seize his passport, and this led to him and three others, trying to get the passport back and call the police on the immigration officers. 

This was what landed him in court with the obstructing of a public officer charge and he spent 53 days in the Sungai Buloh, before being released after the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued him a refugee card.