40 lawyers protest police treatment of lawyer

Some 40 lawyers stage a protest outside PJ Police Headquarters


Contributed by Charles Hector
Friday, 28 April 2006, 08:11
Surendran, George and Charles handing over the Memorandum of Protest to a police officer
On 18.04.2006, lawyer S. Balasubramaniam, was at PJ Police Headquarters in order to render legal assistance to his clients who had been detained by police.Despite his repeated requests, the police refused to give him information about the reason for the arrests and the suspected offence that his clients were arrested for.S. Balasubramaniam was physically pushed and then unlawfully arrested by a plainclothes policeman.Balasubramaniam was released after 3 hours of detention without reasons being given for his arrest. He lodged a police report (PJ/004538/06) with regard his treatment by the police.We, the undersigned lawyers, are concerned and very disturbed by the police action of wrongfully harassing, arresting and detaining a lawyer who was there representing and performing his duties as a lawyer for his clients.
We demand that :-a. That S. Balasubramaniam’s complaint be immediately investigated by an investigation team independent of the PJ Police Headquarters;
b. That stern action be taken against all those police officers responsible for this incident;c. The police officers responsible be forthwith suspended pending investigation;d. That the CPO of Selangor/ IGP immediately gives an undertaking that there will be no repeat of such interferences with and/or harassment of an advocate carrying out his duties in any police station in Malaysia.

The 112 who supported the Memo
1 Sharmini Thiruchelvam Kuala Lumpur2 Colin anak Victor George Malaysian Bar3 Bernard Chong Malaysian Bar4 Fadzila Binti Said Malaysian Bar5 Dara Waheda Mohd Rufin Malaysian Bar6 Richard Wee Thiam Seng Kuala Lumpur7 L.Y.Lee Kuala Lumpur8 Charles Hector Petaling Jaya9 N.Surendran Kuala Lumpur10 Ahmad Zainuddin Dataran Palma11 Khaznim Dataran Palma12 Leena Ghosh Petaling Jaya13 Francis Pereira Kuala Lumpur14 Kasthury S* Petaling Jaya15 Vasandi K K. Vasandi & Co16 Ng See Kee Penang17 George Varughese Petaling Jaya18 Stanly Sinnapan Kuala Lumpur19 Moganamball Kuala Lumpur20 Edmund Bon Kuala Lumpur21 Jeremy Tan Jeremy & Sazlin22 Balakrishnan A Bala Naido & ..23 Nik Mohamed Ikhwan Kuala Lumpur24 Koong Len Sheng Kuala Lumpur25 Shanker Sivapragasam Kuala Lumpur26 Chin Pien Yee Kuala Lumpur27 Erene Lee Lin Lin Kuala Lumpur28 John You Choon Kit Kuala Lumpur29 Puspawati Rosman Kuala Lumpur30 Fazlina Pawan T eh Kuala Lumpur31 Nelson Awgang Kuala Lumpur32 John Yong Tee Kong Puchong33 Irene Song Lai Kuan Puchong34 David Charles Petaling Jaya35 Will Fung Kuala Lumpur36 R. Shamuga Nathan R.Shan & Associates37 Grudit Singh R.Shan & Associates38 Subajayanthi K Negeri Sembilan 39 Yee Seu Kai Ipoh40 Chong Kok Yew Ipoh41 Venkadesh Ipoh42 Zainorah Hassan Ipoh43 Mohd Syukri Yahaya Ipoh44 G. Balasunderam Ipoh45 Kerpal Singh Ipoh46 Feg Agis Ipoh47 Lim Ta Wai Ipoh48 Chan Kok Keong Ipoh49 Al Hundallah * Ipoh50 Lai Choe Ken Ipoh51 Ellanggovan * Ipoh52 Srividhya Ganapathy Kuala Lumpur53 Muhendaran Suppiah Kuala Lumpur54 Kavitha Guna Segaran Kuala Lumpur55 Liu Meng Wun Kuala Lumpur56 Modeshanantham V. Perak57 Leong Kow Hoo Perak 58 Amret Dhillon Perak 59 James Devadason Perak 60 Harbhajan Singh Perak 61 K.C.Lai Perak 62 Mary Lim Perak 63 Leon Julian Perak 64 Annou Xavier Kuala Lumpur65 Kee Seok Meng Kuala Lumpur66 Chow Wei Cheng Kuala Lumpur67 Lim Ching Liew Kuala Lumpur68 George Miranda Kuala Lumpur69 Gerald Samuel Kuala Lumpur70 Khor Lee Chin Kuala Lumpur71 Kenny Ng Bee Ken Kuala Lumpur 72 Lee Swee Seng Kuala Lumpur73 G.Nanda Goban Kuala Lumpur74 Yap Wai Kit Kuala Lumpur75 Tay Ka Ping Kuala Lumpur76 Lavinia Kumar Sendran Kuala Lumpur77 Oweo Olivia Meng Kuala Lumpur78 Shanthi Supramaniam Kuala Lumpur79 Unclear*** Sivananthan, Kuala Lumpur80 H** Kaur Sivananthan, Kuala Lumpur81 Lim Yap Kuala Lumpur82 Ong Bee Koon Kuala Lumpur83 Lilian Siew Kuala Lumpur84 Ravindran S Kuala Lumpur85 Yoong Kien Fah Kuala Lumpur86 Karina Yong Penang87 Theivanai Amerthalingam* Penang88 S. Kumaari Munusamy Penang89 Jessica Binwani Penang90 Chong Poh Ken Petaling Jaya91 Ng Kah Fei Petaling Jaya92 Tan Ban Cheng Penang93 Mohamed Fadly Zakaruya Kuala Lumpur94 Ravindran S Kuala Lumpur95 Leong Kong Meng Penang96 Radehayati Johateh Petaling Jaya97 R. Shanmugam Kuala Lumpur98 Augustine Anthony Ipoh99 Ng Poh Tat Ipoh100 Shaznam Haseena Ipoh101 Kenneth Gomes Kuala Lumpur102 Tha*** S*** Ipoh103 Sunder Singh Ipoh104 Edwin Seibel Ipoh105 Joshua Leong Ipoh106 Raden A.Shauki Perak Bar107 Christina Loke Kuala Lumpur108 Lee Woan Chyi Kuala Lumpur109 Sivarasah Rasiah Kuala Lumpur110 M. Puravalen Kuala Lumpur111 Chew Swee Yoke Kuala Lumpur112 Amer Hamzah Kuala Lumpur* Some of the names and addresses were unclear – we did our best to try to get it correct.